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The Washington herald., 1918-07-05

Some Smallpox Here.
Cases of communicable diseases
have reached far above the average
number Of previous seasons. wash
ington is just recovering from a
measles epidemic during which over
1000 cases were reported. Another
disease that people think OF gener-
ally as old-fashioned has come to
the fore with q record OF 30 cases
That IL smallpox.
'"This disease was brought to
Washington from States where there
are no rigid quarantine laws" said
DR.. william c. woodward Of the
District Public Health Service. ~
do not believe that North Carolina
has a quarantine law and neither
has Minnesota. These states oper-
ate on the theory that only imbe-
Giles and children are in danger Of
catching smallpox. as all individuals
of sound sense would have them
selves vaccinated.
"An people who were vaecinated
over ten years ago should have IL
done again." DR.. Woodward urged.
Washington was not built for q
summer resort and neither is she
prepared for the shortage Of doctors
that the war has thrust upon her.
Almost every doctor these days
carries about with him under a smil-
ing professional exterior q weary
weight of work. As the war pro-
crosses and enlistments among the
local profession increase, the situa-
tion obviously will become more and
more acute.
No Time for Hypeehondria-
And the person that the doctor will
have the least patience with will be
the one who needlessiy calls him
The District will become a barred
zone for the hypochondriac. Women
as a rule are the greatest offenders
I'm this respect.
The movies have q great rival In
the daily matinees held in doctors
ofiices. Statistics have never proved
that women as q general rule have
poorer health than men, yet most
doctors will admit that most OF their
patients are women They consult
him upon matters ranging from dis
located nerves to the disturbing
habits Of their families.
The male hypochondriac is a rarer
specimen but more persistent The
sex seldom In encouraged in this
idiosyncrasy by gruff physicians. But
no matter how often a man is told
there is nothing the matter with him
he never gets discouraged and goes
cheerfully. the rounds of medical eX-
aminations hoping for the worst.
Doctors Time Precious.
The District must find a way TO
rid itself OF people who demand the
The Washington herald., 1918-07-05

But the most aristocratic family in
Germany. or In the world, still has
six uninjured and healthy sons.
That's the one headed by wilhelm
Hohenzollern.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-15
COMMUNICATED.
GERMANY NOT DEFEA ATED.
Charles H. Aspinwan Gives Views on Peace Talk and Warns Against
 Undue Optimism

To the Editor of the Herald:
 Let no man beneve that Germany Is defeated until her military machine IS smashed beyond repair
 Let there be no compromise now between kings and the people they would enslave.
 Let the slaves they now rule be emancipated before our armies de- mobilize
 Shall the democracy of the world in the hour of it's triumph fail to slay the pitiless beast that claims Divine right to rule mankind for it's own pleasure and profit?
 Democracy and autocracy can no longer exist side by side one or the other must perish. There can be no half way measures.
 There is not a man living who has ever exercised the privileges of free- dom or breathed the free air of life under constitutional government who desires to return to the foul and un- clean existence Of barbarism and slavery. And this is just the thing that is at stake now
 The Prussian Monster has not yet been made harmless. Its fangs are yet undraWn. Think not because re- verses have fallen upon it and one of it's tools has become disabled that the victory is won and we may now take things easy. To do this is to invite disaster in the hour of triumph Now is the time to rain blow upon blow upon the tiger until the last breath leaves his body. To relax in any way will be to give him a chance to re- cover his breath and again prepare his slaves for a new onslaught
 Our brave boys are striking out with sublime courage and endurance. Shall we let it be said that we failed them at this most critical time? That we are holding back the needed money to make their efforts sure of success? l cannot believe it. Yet the evidence is accommodating
 Let us look this matter squarely In the face. On one side stands a fiend with knife and torch in hand ready to torture and murder cur dearest and blot out our homes and firesides from the very face of the landscape. On the other Liberty points to the peaceful, happy home where freedom reigns and no nameless terror serves to sadden the joy of the living, and the pathway to this lies through the means you and l furnish now.
 If you could see Death standing over you ready to sever the cord of you a reprieve and extended years if you will give me half your earnings" Would you hesitate? Not for an in
New Britain herald., 1918-10-15

buy bonds. Millions of men must borrow some part of the purchase price of the bonds, for not everybody has enough money on hand. There is not free money enough in the country to pay outright for $6,000,- 000,0 bonds. It is intended that money should be borrowed, it is in evitabIe, and to that end the banks offer liberal accomm odations.
 Dismiss all misgivings as to the worth of the bonds you buy. The Liberty Loan bonds are incomparably the best and safest security in the world. When this loan is issued, our entire national debt, including a lit tie over $1,OOO,O 10000 of non-war debt will amount to $17, 800, 000, 000. That is but per tcent. of our total national wealth, now estimated at $250, 1000, 100000. Look at France with her $31,OOO, 900, 900 of present debt, 35.4 per cent. of her $65, ,00O,- 100000 of national wealth. Look at Great Britain. her debt of $36,675,- 000,00 is 40.7 per cent of her na- ttonal wealth of 90,000,000, ,000. Italy's debt of $7,000, 0,O0O,0OO is 28 per cent of her national wealth. Our per cent. contribution is trivial in comparison. Our wealth will in crease, the bonds will be rapidly paid off after the war, and if we may judge from the financial history of previous wars the bonds will go to a premium.
 The IA per cent. interest you will receive on your loan to the Govern ment is a better return than the saw ings banks pay. Your security is the whole wealth of the United States Consider, too, the tax exemption priv ilege. That actually raises the rate of interest you receive in comparison with other securities your income from which would be taxed by the Government The Liberty Loan com- mittee of this district points out that 1-4 per cent. tax exempt income is equivalent to taxable income of 4.94 per cent. when subject to the lowest rate of surtax. That is a very high annual interest yield from a securi- ty that is absolutely the best in the world.
 While you may have prudent doubts about the risk of borrowing for any ordinary investment, remem- Der that you would incur an fmmeas- urably greater risk should this loan fail should the people of the country withhold from the Government mon- ey it must have to pay the costs of the war for freedom. Bear in mind that a $6,OOO,0 100000 loan is not a matter for the ordinary investing class. It is too big. It is the busi- ness of the whole people to find this money for the Government. It is a democratic loan for democracy. We must pay cash down as far as we are able, borrow for the rest, and pay off loans out of savings. Do not hold off because you believe that, after all the banks will take all that is left un- subscribed. That would be bad poIi-
New Britain herald., 1918-10-15

\ DESERVED REBUKkE,

In another column will be found statement by George M Landers, Democratic nominee for senator, as to his position on various public minds of the voters in the coming campaign. Among other things, Mr Landers explodes the bubble blown by a critic who questioned his atti- tude as to labor. The attack made on especially ill-timed because MT. Lam ders was not present to defend him.. his qualifications. The people of New Britain know what George M. Lan- him to Hartford. This city has been particularly fortunate in the ability of the men whom they have elected to the Senate of late. MT. Landers' opponent, Senator George Klett will also go before the electorate on his legislative record and there promises to be a warm contest for the office. tlemen, and we feel confident that the campaign will be free from what is commonly known as mud sling ing"
New Britain herald., 1918-10-15

stant. You would give all you pos- sessed for the reprieve if necessary.
 Worse than that threatens us all and that is death in life through the destruction of everything we value and love, and we are only asked now to lend, not to the limit but to the extent of perhaps one-ffth of our earnings And all we lend will be returned to us in manifold measure
 This Fourth Bond issue must not fail else we give aid and comfort to our bitter enemy.
 Let every man and woman think this matter over in the light ot real facts and double his or her subscrip- ton to this Fourth Liberty Loan. I had felt that l had taken all I could carry but have doubled mine today and it will be paid for out of the wages I earn.
 (Signed) CHAS. H. ASPINWALL Berlin. Conn.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-15
army and navy, in conducting the

army and navy, in conducting the war.
 Regardless of political affiliations, every real American must approve of this action It is safe to assume that the convention last night was one of the first gatherings in the country at which a resolution of this kind was adopted. The sending Of a telegram to the President, advising him of the resolution, cannot but prove most gratifying and encouraging to the Ad- ministrltiOn
 The spirit shown by the convention was the right spirit, the spirit that is typical of New Britain. At a time Ike this, party lines into insignif1- canoe compared with the tremendous issues at stake in the military and diplomatic dramas now being enact ed.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-15
POILU.

You're a funny fellow, poilu. in your dinky little cap And your war worn, faded uniform of blue,. With your multitude of haversaclls abulge from heel to flap And your rifle that is most as big as you. You were made for love and laugh ter for good wine and merry song,
 Now your sunlit world has sadly gone astray, And the road today you travel stretches rough and red and long,
 Yet you make it, petit soldat, brave and gay. Though you live within the shadow, Jagged and hungry half the while,
 And your days and nights are ratking in the line, There is nothing under heaven that can take away your smile, Oh so wistful and so patient and so fine. You are tender as a woman with the tiny ones who crowd To upra1Se thelr lips and Tor your kisses pout Still, we'd hate to have to face you when the bugle's sounding loud And your slim, steel sweetheart Rosalie is out. You're devoted to mustaches which you twirl with such an air Ger a cigarette with nigh an inch to run, And quite often you are noticed in a beard that's full of hair, But that heart of yours is always 21. No, you do not "parlee English, and you find it very hard. For you want to chum with us and words you lack; So you pat us on the shoulder and say "Nous sommes cama- rades,"
 We are that, my poilu pal, to hell
 and back. -Steuart M. Emery. A. E. F., in the Stars and Stripes.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-15
A Speech For the Loan.
\ D Berlin CC
(NeW York Times)

You say, some of you there in the crowd, that you have not ready mon eY enough to make a worthwhile subscription to the Fourth Liberty Loan. How much have you on hand? Fifty dollars, one hundred dollars? Very good. Instead of subscribing for $50 bond ory'for a $1OO bond, although that would be worth while, go to bank you $50 man, and subscribe for a $500 bend. The bank will accept your $50 as an ini- tial 10 per cent. payment, it will get the bond and hold it as collateral se- curity for your loan. It will make the loan to you at IA per cent, which you will not have to pay, for the bank will collect 4 IA per cent. bond interest from the Governm ent and that will pay your interest. The bank will make you the loan either for year or for three months, with three renewa-s one year in all. So you must save $45O out of your earn ings next year. Certainly you can do that, nothing on earth is better worth while".
 At each renewal you pay off as much of the loan as you can; at the end of the year you will own the bond free of incumbrance. On the same terms, you with $1O0 can sub scribe for a $1,O00 bond. The bank will loan you $9OO, which you will pay out of your next years savings, $500 wiht each renewal. You can do that if you try hard, can't you? Surely, you never in your life had a worthier motive for trying hard to save.
 You say that this will mortgage your next years savings? Which would you prefer, to pledge your sav- iings, or to mortgage yourself, body and soul, to Germany? If the men at the front take the supreme risk of life itself, can't you afford to take this business risk, really no risk at all. Don't be afraid to borrow to
New Britain herald., 1918-10-15
WILHELM MUST GO-BUY BONDS
GOOD ENOUGH FOR US.

The note of the President is the essence of clarity. There is no need of commenting upon it, And if there were. we would not do so because of the following request from the White House:
 l earnestly request every pa triotic American to leave to the Governments of the United States and of the Allies the mo- mentous discussions initiated by Germany.
 That is good enough for us. We can safely rely upon the President, his advisers and the Entente diplo- matse to look out for the interests of democracy and civilization.
 And we subscribe heartily to those other sentiments of the chief execu- tive, viz
 The reply of the German gov- ernment to my note of inquiry dated Oct. s gives occasion for me to say to my fellow country men that neither that reply nor any other recent events have in any way diminished the vital importance of the Liberty Loan. Relaxation now, hesitation now, would mean defeat when victory seems to be in sight; would mean years of war instead of peace upon our own terms.
 Strengthen the hands of these governments and to do it in the most important way now imme- diately presented-by subscribing to the utmost of your ability for bonds of the Fourth Liberty Loan. That loan must be suc-~ cessfu1. I am sure that the Am- erican people will not fail to see their duty and make it success full
New Britain herald., 1918-10-15
StarbOard and Port.
CThe Fall River Line Journal.

(Ine | all 1tlNGf Line JOuIIldi.)
 Port" is the left side of a vessel when the traveller is facing the for- ward or bow end of the boat; W2ilal standing in a similar position tha term "Starboard" applies to the oppo- site or ri&ht-hand side extending fromj bow to stern. Until 184G the 'Porf' side was called "Larboard." but there-I after it was ordered changed by thaI Secretary of the United States Navy, in an order which read: Tt being rcd peatedly represented to the depart-I ment that confusion arises from thaI use of the words LarbOaTd' and 'Star-I board in consequence of their simi- I larity of sound, the word Port isl hereafter to be substituted for Lard board"
 The derivation Of the term "Star-| board" or right side, goes back to theI days of the Vikings, when the "SteersI board" as the rudder was originally called, was on the right side of tHej vessel. It is generally understood that the word 'Larboard" came from 'Laddeboard." meaning loading side, as the left side of vessel was cus- tomarily docked Against the wharf orI landing place, which thus came to bal referred to as the 'Larboard" sided
New Britain herald., 1918-10-15

what of that! It's certainly sure that the duchess, the duke and the princess enjoyed themselves. So did their hosts. It was the incest thing in the world to see how those boys took care of their guests"
 Tn conjunction with the U. s. Army, the Y. M. c. A. has entered into contracts with a hundred of the hotels in and around Aix to take care of our boys. At stated intervals, each soldier in the army will be allowed leave of absence, this leave allowing him to spend eight days in Aix-les-Bains and the neighborhood. While the boys are there, the Y M. c. A. diverts them with excursions into the surround ing country. At night there are reg ular entertainments in the "Y" Casino. The boys return to their duty from these trips refreshed and re-invigorated.
 So impressed was the duchess with what the Red Triangle was doing in Aix that she sent the "Y" a letter of appreciation as we'll as an autograph photograph of her. self:
 gro the Y. M. c. A: I have been so impressed by the wonderful spirit of your work, and it has so interested me that I must send just this little word of appreciation.
 E HENRIETTE,
 Duchesse de Vendome."
 Since the letter came the duchess and her daughter have further shown how mucn they appreciate the ''Y's'- endeavors by personally assis ing at many, of the Red Tri- angle entertainments.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-15

pressed sentiments of even such po- Senator Lodge and others, who did not permit themselves to be blinded by purtisanship, but came out openly and straightforWardly like the true Americans they are. and said that the Presidents reply was just right. Again, our contemporary coolly re- marks that "it would have been bet ter, etc, etc" Better for whom or for what? Could anything be more statement? It means nothing more or less than that it would have been better for the President to say this or that because the Hartford t'Cour- ant thinks so. What a pity that the author of the quoted editorial is not time! How immeasurably better he would have handled the critical sit uations arising from the war than the President What an inestimable loss for the country! And how short sighted, how inefficient the head of the nation appears when compared with the critic of State street!
 One phrase is particularly delici- ous in it's boundless conceit viz I've admit, too, that it would have sounded better to us, if, etc, etc. We think 1t would be a splendid idea if the Administration could make an arrangement whereby a phonogra phic record, containing proposed replies of the President to our enemies, might be sent first to the editorial rooms of the Hartford ':Courant" so that the approval of the journalistic All Highest could be obtained before any diplomatic notes are dispatched to Berlin. In this way the country would be benfitted greatly, the Pres ident would be spared the trouble Of subsequent corrections according to the wishes of State street and other loyal Americans would not have their feelings offended by reading such rot as that which graced the editorial page of the "Courant" this morning.
 In all seriousness, it is simply pre- posterous for a publication, which has about as much width of vision as might, with difficulty, pass through the eye of a very small needle, to dare criticize the President in crisis like the present Woodrow Wilson is acknowledged and pro- est man in the world today, and yet the Hartford "Courant' has the au- dacity to point out to him what TT would like to have replied to Ger many and what TT thinks about his diplomacy
 But, after all, we should not be too severe with old age. We must re- spect antiques, such as the oldest daily newspaper in the United States. And we must be charitable. Where fore we turn to Holy Writ and find there, (Deut. xxi, 27) the most fitting appreciation of this mornings ed1- torial convulsion: T know thy~rebel- lion, and thy stiff neck"
New Britain herald., 1918-10-15
American Soldier Boys Hosts or Royalty at Pcrc
 Serue Feast of HardBoiled Eggs and Ham Satodmches
With Aid of r. M. C. A. in Aia;-les-Bains, They Return Hospitality of Duchess of Vendon1e, Sister of King Albert of Belgium, Spread ing Their Table on the Ground.
By Macmillan Foster.

to show that our boys in France have something more in their natures than the grim de- termination to fight the Hun to the finish. One rather marvels, in fact, at the self-possession of these lads from home. At the same time, too, one is proud that they so politely represent us all.
 ., A few days ago, the Duchesse de Vendome, sister of the King of Belgium, visited the Y. M. c. A headquarters at Aix. There she was presented to one hundred and fifty soldiers. who were enjoying an eight days leave at the famons watering prace. A few days later the Duchess sent an invitation to the American lads to take tea with her at her residence, the Hotel Sn1ent7ide. All the one hundred and fifty went. Each and all of them. too, it may be said, had royal time.
 Having enjoyed the hospitality of inc duchess, the one hundred and fifty privates put their heads together and decided that it would he only proper to return the hospl- taIitv. Accordingly, they appointed a committee among themselves, and arranged for her highness' enter tainment q real old fashioned picnic.
 The place selected was across the lake from Aix. The duchess having accepted the boys invita- tion. they borrowed the Y. M. C. A. steamer which makes daily trips for them about the lake. They loaded the craft with ham sand wiches. hard boiled eggs, potato salad. the materials for tea, coffee and lemonade and all the candy they could lay their hands on. Then with the duchess and the duke and their daughter, Princess Genevieve, they set sail for the picnic ground.
 The ladies of the Y. M. c. A. at Aix also went along. With these to help them, the boys spread out their feast. The place was Haute- combe Abbey, the last resting place of the heads of the House of Savoy, but the presence of neither the living. nor the dead potentates in the least disturbed the youthful American hosts. Nor were the duke and his family in the least ill at ease. Along with their hosts they sat on the grass, It was all as one ot the Y. M. c. A. girls ex- pressed it lGter:
 Maybe it did look -tTans t see the sister of king sitting on ,hf ground eating American hard boil"d eggs and ham sandwiches; bur
New Britain herald., 1918-10-15
HAUGH HAS RECOVERED.

Michael Haugh of Pleasant street. who was sent to Fort Slocum a week ago with a draft quota from this city and was discharged for physical disa- bility and who, upon his return home was taken i'll with the Spanish influen- ga, has recovered and is again able to be about.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-15
THE RIGHT SPIRIT.

Our congratulations to members of the Democratic party of this city for their happy resolution, passed at the city convention last evening, endors- ing the policy of the President in his reply to the German government, and renewing pledges of loyalty to the Administration, as well as to the
New Britain herald., 1918-10-15

cy. It is infinitely better that bonda
 should be paid for out of bank de- posits, out of bank loans, than by the
 banks themselves You all loathe, and abhor Germany for her unpar4 donabIe crimes, she must be punishedI and put down, and for that suprem6l object the Government mus haval mOOQv
New Britain herald., 1918-10-15

"T earnestly request every pa triotic American to leave to the governments Of the United States and of the Allies the momentous discussions initiated by Germany and to remember that for each man his duty is to strengthen the hands of these governments by subscribing to the ut most of his ability for bonds of the Fourth Liberty Loan.'-Pres- ident Wilson.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-15
Purple La abOrers."
(The New York Times.)

IIhe NeW OK Ilmes.J
 There is a class of purple laborers' de luxe that is getting rich and insQ4 lent. The majority laborers, tho people of the United States, have no use for them in so far as they shirk.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-15
TENEMENT BLOCK SOLD.

William H. CQwles of Mancheste eI Green has sold through the Camn Real Estate Co. two tenement blocks on Hartford avenue to John Geragost ian The blocks contain 24 tenements and one store.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-15
NEW RED CROSS HOSPITALS.

Washington, Oct. 15.- Hospitals have been established by the Ameri4 can Red Cross in Italy at Milan Rome, Genoa and Florence.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-15

The kaiser announces that he is ''the protector of small nations" Old man Fagin once took charge of Oi- yer TWist.-Milwaukee Sentinel.