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New Britain herald., 1918-10-22
AN ECHO FROM GROVE HILil.

 Of that which is. and what befell Your humble bard will try to tell. If it be told in faulty rhyme, The truth is told in every line. Our monster gones should all retire And sleep till wallened by a fire. When they belch forth their noises foul ! The dogs resent the noise and howl. When we are wild with frantic joy We care not if they do annoy; But otherwise prolonged blow A nuisance is that ought to go; A wrong that is without excuse A waste of fuel for no use. The help would come, the help would go, If not a single gong should blow. We know that GOngs convenience
 some, And they should inconvenience none. To call tue help, tis not amiss TO sound afar, but to dismiss Use miIdcr gonGH for sounds internal, With none outside for sounds in
 fernal.
 Have some regard to those near by Who must endure their ling'ring cry, Three seconds only is of use. Ten seconds blowing is abuse.
 
 Must bear the horror of the sound. I'd rather hear a jaclIass bray | Than hear our monster gongS today. Distance may help relieve the ear, But they are hell to one that's near. l know that men, who are sincere, 1 Declare there is no hell to fear 1 But they are those who knoweth not, Some Of the dreadful gongs we've got. A fitting name was once bestowed Upon a steam gong, as it blowed. The naming of it camo to pass With some reflection on an ass. Across from where now dwells F. G., 1 The pasture lay of one IT. F. l HE had a son whose name was Will, I think that son is living still 1 To give that son an increased joy l HE bought a donkey for the boy. 1 That pasture gave his cows their ! grass ! There often grazed that little ass. | At sound of gong from day to day, 1 It's echo was that donIieY'S bray. 1 A visitor, from somewhere round. 1 Was staying with some friends here ! found, 1 When all at once With fright and fear. An awful sound fell on her ear. "What Is that sound that madd'n g cry?" "'7'is a steam gong" was the reply. "A steam God is it sounds that way? 'Tis a steam devil l would saN' When next the donkey mocked the gong. With slight discord and accent strong i The ncighbors said, NO use you ass,
 You cannot beat steam devils blast" ] And so upon a bN-gonc day, 1 The gong brought forth a donkey s bray 1 From in that pasture on Grove HilI, 1 Where one A. T. abideth still. i Our gongs still beat, all noises foul. | They stIll provoke the dogs to howl 1 While railroad engines passing through, 1 Now sound their old "steam devil' l too.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-22
LET Us MAKE PEACE,
 DA!GLE'S ADVICE
Soldier Says Americans Know
 How to End the War

Private Harold Daigle who is in France with the A. E. F. writes to his father, William H. Daigle of Fair view street describing parts of France and giving his opinion of the country. He writes as follows:
 q received your letter of the 4th of September and sure was glad to get it. Everything is about the same aver here except the Huns and they are sure on the run now. It has been very bad weather overseas the past week or two and we are getting lot of rain but I rather see that than snow.
 Glad to hear that you are all we'll I wish I was home again but before we come home we are going to lick the worst nation in the world and we are going to lick them good. Here We have just started and they are crying to quit for they see that they are going to lose all they were fighting for and more too before the Yanks get through with them.
 The news that we are getting now is great and by the looks of things we are going to have them licked before long But it is not right to talk peace now as we want to get rid Of them for good We are the boys that can QO It lOO
 We took a trolley ride today to a place called Vouvray and saw some interesting things. l think that l told you in the last letter that this city was situated between two rivers. Where | was this afternoon was along the banks of the river that is on the north and the scenery is not quite as nice
 "One funny thing is that good many of the people live in caves, the reason being that the land between the hills and the river is quite fertile and they can use this land for farm ing where if they used the land for homes thev would not have as much land for farming. The hills are used for growing grapes for making wine which this country is noted for. The name of this place is also the name of a certain wine. The wine and cranes over here are sour and not so pleasant to the taste as that in the states but the water is not very good for drinking.
 Some of the people that live in caves do a kind of camoufiaging. They build fine entrances around the caves so that one would think he was entering a mansion, but he gets stung when he goes inside. One other thing that you can get over here and get nlenty of them and that is Eng fish walnuts; we had some of them this afternoon. We went into an old
New Britain herald., 1918-10-22
BELGIUM'S BILL
Official Estimate Reveals Germany
 Will Be Asked to Pay S1,021, ,OOO,- 900 For Damage and Fines Levied.

London, Oct, p, (via MontreaD -, Some of the items which figure on Germany's bill in Belgium are given as follows from an official Belgian source:
 Local contribution and fines levied by Germany on Belgium in 1914- ES,000,0OO
 War contributions from November, 1914, to October, 1916--f3S, 400, ,0OO.
 War contributions. seven months, to May, 1917-E14 100000.
 War contributions from May 1917, to May. 191S-f2S, ,000, 900.
 War contributions from June to October Of the current year-f15,- 000000
 Raw materials and machinery taken by the Germans were reckoned by. them in January, 1915. at GS0, 900, 900. The damage to December. 1914, esti- mated by the North German Gazette, amounted to E200,000,0 This makes a grand total of 1884, 200, GOO.
 These items do not include mater ial destruction and acquisitions since January, 1915, which alone must be reckoned at several hundred million pounds.
 During the winter of 1916, Belgian workingmen to the number of 1.750,- 900 were reported to Germany. The future production of these men was thus totally lost to their country.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-22
THE LID IS OFF,

WACH the CIOSS or the FOurtn LlO- erty Loan campaign. it was to be ex- pected that the lid on the political boiling pot. which has been clamped down tightly for the past three weeks, so far as public rallies are concerned would blow off with a bang. And that is just what has happened. To quote from a Hartford morning contemporary, Speaker Frank J. Healy. nominee for Attor- ney General on the Republican state ticket, struck the keynote of the meeting of Republican workers in Putnam Phalanx hall last night" If MT. Healy's speech is really the key note for his party in the coming campaign, then we predict failure for that party on November 5, because MT. Healy devoted much of his talk to an attempt to behttle the accom- plishments of the Administration, and the voters of this state, as well as the electorate throughout the country, are in no mood to listen to this kind of rot from MT. Healy or from anyone else, for that matter
 MT. Healy is quoted further as fol- lows:
 The Democrats are unloading
 upon President Wilson the re
 sponsibility for the shipbuilding
 that carried 2000,000 men across
 the water. Assistant Secretary
 Roosevelt of the navy stated in
 public address in England that
 80 per cent. of the American sol
 diers were carried across the
 ocean in British bottoms. This
 seems to let the President out.
 What does MT. Healy mean by that last sneering phrase. This seems to let the President out?" Does he mean to imply that the Administration is not entitled to credit for the ship building program? Does it make any difference really, whether our boys were carried overseas in British or French or Japanese ships. so long as they got there? And is not the ship building program a reality? Was it ever undertaken by a Republican ad ministration? Did not the RepubIi- can members of Congress hold up the shipbuiIding program for 1O1 weeks, or almost two whole years? Will MT. Healy attempt to deny these facts? If the Administration had not inau- gurated this mammoth shipbuilding program, how could the enormous daily to the war zone be transported? Does not MT. Healy know that every six minutes a ship enters an Ameri- can port and another one departs? Does he imagine for one moment that all these ships fly foreign flags? :? With all due respect to the British navy and to those of our other bel ligerents, is not the Administration entitled to great credit for the won derful transport service now existing :? Did not General Pershing himself congratulate in q personal telegram this very service? And have our splendid destroyers been idle while men were being conducted to France ? The Entente governments have been unstinting in their praise of our ship building program and yet MT. Healy, of Windsor Locks, says the Democrats are unloading upon President Will son the responsibility for the ship building" Far from unloading it. upon the President the Democrats are, with justifiable pride. pointing out and proclaiming to the country that to the Administration and a Democratic Congress belongs the
New Britain herald., 1918-10-22
CELEBRATE DELIVERANCE
Roubaix. Turcoin and Bruges Cele- brate i'm Honor of Allied Victories -Douai in Ruins

With the British Army in France. Oct. 20, (By the Associated Press)- Roubaix and Turcoing today cele- brated their deliverance from the enemy and it was like an American Christmas, New Years Eve and Fourth of July all rolled into one. Tears of joy intermingled with shouts of laughter while the population sang and danced and waved flags.
 The two cities went completely wild with emotional joy. There were kisses, hugs and handshakes for every British soldier On their win dows housewives had pasted pictures of French and British military cele- britieS torn from magazines.
 There was good reason for Rou- baix and TurcOing to celebrate the end of four long years of hardship, privation and oppression. The sWash- buckling Germans had gone, leaving in their wake as much ruin as they could do. Nearly every home in the city had been sacked and things that could not be carried away were wantOnly destroyed.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-22

Paris, Oct. 20 (Havas) s)--Amerlcan Ambassador Sharp today placed at the foot of the Statue of the City of Lille a wreath Of flowers. He also deposited @ shield bearing an in- scription of homage to the city from the United States.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-22
FACTS AND E'ANCIES.

Secretary Baker, it is said, served as a lookout for U-boats while on transport homeward bound. Some passengers. it might be added do lit
New Britain herald., 1918-10-22
COMMUNTCATED.
COST OF MILK.

Mr. WilberIcy Says Producers Have
 Not Increased Price.
 Editor of the New Britain Herald:
 There have been some misstate- ments in the Herald" recently re- garding the subject of an increase in the price of milk and l respectfully
New Britain herald., 1918-10-22

Between the abdiCation of the kali ser and the resignation ot the chan cellor, readers of rumors have their choiCe.-S Springfield Republican,
New Britain herald., 1918-10-22

The disappearing lady has nothing on the German Chancellors. Theil coming and going beats the record It is now Prince MaX's turn.--NeW Haven JOurnal-Courier
New Britain herald., 1918-10-22

The Germans forgot to destroy Lille when they evacuated it. It is German supply of explosives getting low or German consciousness of ret ribution in store for such offenses be- coming dolorously acute ?-New York Tribune
New Britain herald., 1918-10-22

Our prayers and song.--our lives belong, land of our love, to thee!
New Britain herald., 1918-10-22

tie else till they get inside "an At
 lantic port" Springfield Republican. Has anybody noticed that the Huns
 no longer are bombarding Paris with
 their long range gun un?-Topcka State Journal
 Count uertIing says Germany is in favor of disarmament. Well the Allies are attending to that for Ger
 many, already yet.-Washingto Post.
 The disappearing lady has nothing
 on the German Chancellors. Their
 coming and going beats the record.
 It is now Prince Max's turn.-New Haven Journal-Courier.
 Between the abdication of the kali ser and the resignation or the chan
 cellor, readers of rumors have their chOiCe.-S Springfield Republican. The kaiser to his wife: My dear, have. you looked up my false beard and the timetable to Basel? I think
 a short excursion in the Alps will do me good. .'-NcW York Evening Post.
 The drastic new foId regulations for restaurants will ,5ffect d saving for propriotOrs, but is there the slightest suggestion that they will save anything for patrons ?-New 1 York World.
 Spanish grip is from China" We
 don't care where it came from, but
 we know where we'd like to send it.
 A i'd T
 Not the least barbarous Of the many horrible atrocities of this war was the sinking of a ship with st. 900, 1000 worth Of sugar on board Springfield Daily News. FOch seems quite aS effective in SC-
 curing the German evacuation of France and Belgium as any armstice
 and is d whole lot safer in dealing
 with .Huns.-Torol>to Globe. The news from Germany is accom- panied by the comforting assurance: "M Meanwhile hostilitics are proceed ing without cessation. New Haven JOurnal-C COurier.
 Stop calling him the kaiser, writes a correspondent and call him Will liam Hohenzollern. When he is de throned, or when he abdicates, the suggestion may be followed.-Spring- field Republican.
 The Germans forgot to destroy Lille when they evacuated it. It is German supply of explosives getting 1 low or German consciousness of ret ribution in store for such offenses be- coming dOlOrOuSly acute ?-Now York l Tribune.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-22

tie else till they get inside 'an At lanuc port" ",-Springtield Republican.
 Has anybody noticed that the Huns no longer are bombarding Paris with their Iong-range gun ?--Topcka State Journal.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-22

Stop calling him the kaiser, writes a correspondent and call him Will liam HohenzoIlern. When he is de- throned, or when he abdicates, the suggestion may be Spring. field Republican.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-22

Count IlertIing says Germany is in favor of disarmament. Well. the Allies are attending to that for Ger many, already ashington pnSf
New Britain herald., 1918-10-22

With the British Armies in France Oct. 20, (Havas)-Douai in its waste and desolation, is a sad sight.
 The streets are filled With furni- ture and articles of all kinds. The stained glass windows in the Church of St. Peter have been smashed and the great organ has been broken up Religious ornaments were found scattered about the floor of the church. The city hall, where the German commandant had it's quarters. was pillared and sacked. Most of the paintings in the museum were taken away, but fortunately the beIfry was undamaged The material losses are incalculable.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-22

London, Oct. 20.-Scenes of happi- ness at Bruges eclipsed those at Lille following the liberation of the two
 cities, according to the correspondent
New Britain herald., 1918-10-22

The kaiser to his wife; My dear, have. you looked up my false beard and the timetable to Basel? I think a short excursion in the Alps will do me good. ''-NcW York Evening Post.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-22

Not the least barbarouS Of tn many horrible atrocities of this Wa was the sinking of a ship with $l, 900, 1000 worth Of sugar on board Springfield Daily News.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-22

The drastic new foLd regulations for restaurants will 3ffect a saving for propriotors, but is there the slightest suggestion that they will save anything for patrons ?~-New York World
New Britain herald., 1918-10-22

"SnaniSh grip is from China". We don't care where it came from, but we know where we'd like to send it. Record
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-31
TWELVE KILLED WHEN
POST0FF|cE WREckEc

Lebanon, n l.. Dee. se---Twelve
men were killed and twelve injured
tonight when an acetylene gas tank
exploded in the cellar OF the local
post office, causing the collapse Of the
building. Two of the injured may
die.
All of the men killed were standing
in line awaiting distribution of the
evening mail. and were buried tn de-
hris when the roof of the two-story
frame structure crashed down upon
them.
Reports were that every person In
the building was killed. The persons
injured had Leen standing outside the
post Office when the explosion oc-
Cured and were struck down by fly
ing beams.
Several OF the injured declared
there were two explosions. the first
killing every one within the post
office and the second bringing down
the building itself
Two of those killed were Joseph Q,
Stryker. owner OF the building, ana
Peter Neiper, undertaken.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-31
OCCULT FOnnCAsr
ron COMING rEAR

Nsw FORK. Dec. so.-The year
1918 In going to Be some year. ac-
cording 70 the smesSAgs contained
In the reading Of the starr By DR..
Elmer Eugene Croft. Of New Haven,
and interpreted w him IN his 1912
occult forecast. Just published. Tho
world n to be visited BY two great
extremes. One viii consist OF re
volt. reaction, the breaking down
OF old systems: another world re-
construction progress ana political
freedom" Dr. Croft declares "the
crash Of empires and the crumbiing
Of thrones Will 70 on. Propaganda
and plans To rahAbilitate thrones
will fail" Ue adds:
"The concldfons Of the peace
able at Versailles VIII be world
epuhlic There win be epidemics
nd drouxhts and great storms. the
litter especially In May. July ana
.ugust Hut the stars promise Inn
senxe' business prosperity. pro.
iiEious commercial movements. pro.
greasive government enterprises and
great religious and educational ac-
tivttv,"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-31
AMERICA READY For
N PEACE CONFERENCE

Paris, Dee 3o.--When the inter
allied conferences begin. the American
c1xnfhission will, ne fortified with first
hand Information regarding condi-
tians In German
The ccnlr1 !ssion has had q corps OF
ttssned investigators in Germany for
vha last few weeks These have been
ifssEirfng into all conditions there
food, manufacturing living conditions
and the economic situation.
The investigators are expected back
D An ~ ~, II lsel.ls tIs, s
10 the American plenipotentiaries.
Much consideration is being given
the German situation by the american
delegates because, when all things
have been considered at the peace
conference. Germany viii have to pay
The price for her sins in the war.
Possession Of all the true facts will
enable the comm isSion TO judge mat
tiers tltspass.onatelv II will sec con-
dttions az they are and will he in a
J.asffion to ignore the propaganda
which Germany liz putting forth To the
peoples of the world,
Our investigators have been iron,
one end Of the former empire 10 tho
other ana have visited all the larger
c1tieA and manufacturing centers,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-31
PARTY LEAVES LONDON
FOR FRANCE TODAY

Lon don, pec. 40 With the great
sst possible success, cooperation and
regarding the league Of
nxtSOns, the freedom of the seas and
aAs ether momentous problems result
Ing from the negotiations, Presiden,
Wilson tonight wound up his visit to
England ut q brilliant pirate dinner
In Buckingham palace.
The president and his party VIII
depart for France via Dover AZ 2
O'clock tomorrow morning.
The preside initial part arrived from
Manchester shortly after O'clock this
evening. again greeted by vast cheer
aHE and waving -.fau;ds At the station
and along the drive TO the palace.
The dinner took place in the palace
Atate room, gorgcously decorated
with flowers and flags. The Grena-
dir band rendered the table music.
There were no speeches. King
George and Mrs Wilson, and the
president with Queen Mary. led the
procession into the dining room. The
guests Included the Duke of Com
nAusht. Princess Mary, Ambassador
ana Mrs. Davis. the Duke and Ouch
80 0f Abercotn, Lord and Lady Cav
eudish, MIR and Mrs Waldorf Aston.
N1scornt and Niseountess Gort. the
uaschess Of Sutherland. Admiral Gray
son. General Harris and few others.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-31
HOW DOCTORS TREAT
COLDS AND GRIPPE

Ask any physician or drusgist and
he will tell you that the best and only
effective REMEDY for 4 bad cold. sore
throat. influenza or Ia grippe Is what
ne calls - hrisk caloInel purge"
which means q big dose OF calomel
Mt bed time. But as the old style
calonlel has some very unplsasant and
dangerous qualities physicians and
druggists are now recommending the
improved nausealeSs calonel, called
"Calotabs'' which Is purified and re-
fined from the sickening and danger
Gus effects and whose medicinal vir-
tues are vastly improved.
One Calot&b on the tongue at bed
time with q swallow Of water---that's
all. No salts. no nausea nor the slight
est interference with your diet
pleasures or work. Next morning your
cold has vanished and your entire
system IL purified ana refreshed.
Calotabs are sold only In original
sealed packages price thirty nye
cents. Your druGaist guarantees
CAlotabs by rcfundtng the price II you
are mot deitghteA.--AAx
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-31
THOMAS JEFFTcRSOy
rs IN MUCH TROUBLE,

What Ia your name?" queried the
one John. gazing over his glasses and
the desk before his high seat.
Thomas Jefferson" came the start
ling rejofnder This jefferson, was
arrAins ed on three charges. The
first. FOR transporting liquor. for
which he was held for tho grand Jury.
The second that OF carrying . con.
cealet1 weapon. and stfIl another of
resisting an officer.
II WA testified by Policemen Davis
and brennan that tho negro had tried
to shoot Policeman Brennan. but was
prevented from doing so by the time
" interference OF Policeman Davis
lie was fined 31eo for carrying pis-
tol. and the other charge was
dropped.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-31

She Is not n interested merely in the
peace of Europe, but in the peace OF
the world.
Concert Of MIND.
The rcrore Il seems 10 me- that in
the settlement which Is just ahead of
ua something more delicate and difi-
cult than vas ever attempted before
has to he accon,plished--a genuine con :
cert OF mind and of purpose. But
while II Is difficult there is an element
present that makes II easy Never be-
fore in the history Of the world. he
lieve, has there been soeh a keen
international consciousness AZ there Is
row.
There is great voicr OF humanity
abroad In the wor,d just now which h~
who. cannot hear Is deaf There Is 4
great oompulsion of the summon OF
conscienee now In existence, which if
any statesman resista he viii gain the
most unenviable erninence In history.
wc are not obeyfng the mandate OF
parties or of politics. We are abeying
the mandate OF humanity.
THAT Is the reason why ii seems 70
me that the things that are most often
In our minds arc the least Significant.
+ am hopeful that the individual items
of tine settlement which we are about
to attempt will he altogether satisfac-
tory.
One has only 10 apply his MIND TO
any ore of the Questions Of boundary
and Of altered sovereignty and OF racial
aspirations to do something more than
conjecture that there In no man and
no body Of men who know just how
they ought to be settled, and yet II We
are to make unsatisfactory settlements
we must see to it that they ara rom
dered more and more satisfactory By
the subsequent adjustments which are
made possible, We must provide the
machinery for establishments In order
that we have the machinery OF good
will and friendship.
Friendship must have q machinery.
II I cannot correspond with you, II !
cannot learn your minds. II I cannot
co-operate with you I cannot be your
friend and n the world Is TO remain
a body Of friends II must have the
n,eans OF friendship, the means Of con =.
stantly friendly intercourse.