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New Britain herald., 1918-08-15
Cure for EXtortionate Rents.
 (Washington Star)

If the plan for the preventing of profiteering in room rents and board charges by cutting off the supplies of food and fuel from overcharging land lords can be put into execution it should be helpful in checking the evil of extortion. The difficulty as to the fuel however, is that in most cases the landlords have already stored their coal, if they have been successful in the filling of their early orders, given in obedience to government injunction. For those who have not filled their bins however, the remedy may ap- ply. Tn the matter of food supplies the matter will not be so easily ar ranged. There Is at present no law to deny supplies to any individual. Hoarding can be punished, but Ordi- nary buying of food is not subject to prohibition for any cause. The law would have to be amended to reach the prof1teer in this way. The PhiA- delphia plan is designed to meet an evil that certainly to some extent pre- vails here, but Philadelphia makes it's own municipal laws, while Washing tons laws are written by congress.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15
POSTPONE WAR CHEST.
No Action Until Conclusion of October
 Loan Drive.

At meeting of the special commit tee appointed by the Chamber of Commerce to look into the advisabil- ity of establishing war chest in New Britain, the committee voted to defer the matter until after the next Liber- ty loan. in accordance with a recom- mendation of the State Council of De- fense. The next Liberty loan drive will take place in October.
 The matter of having war chest in this city has not met with a great cal of enthusiasm by citizens in gen eral. Orga niza tions conducting war fund campaigns feel that they would prefer to conduct their respective campaigns separately. However, since the State Council of Defense has sug- gested that all cities and towns in the state that are considering the matter at all. defer further action until after the Liberty loan drive, the subject will be allowed to rest until after that time.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15
Protection Against T-Boats.
 (Montreai Gazette.)

It is apparent that there are two unwelcome German visitors in the waters of the continent What Is to be remem bered In this connection IS that such incidents were expected and provision has been made to search for and destroy the destroyers. British
 Canadian and United States naval au- thorities are cooperating, practically under one direction. in guarding the waters of the North Atlantic coast. The protective fleet includes all sorts of craft. from large cruisers to swift pursuers, sufficiently armed to meet an undersea boat and overcome 1t. They. with the conveying naval ves- sels have been so effective in the per- formance of their duty that there Is
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15
WHEN A MANS THIRTY.
(By Sergt John Jay Daly, Intelligence
 Branch, U. $. Al

(By Sergt. John Jay Daly, Intelligence
 Branch, U. S. A.) It doesn't seem long since, at twenty We yearned for a new Summers To shine upon blessings a-plenty That come with the year twenty
 one. And yet they are far put behind us, Those markings invisibly fine. With nothing but dreams to remind That here we have reached twenty
 nine Our teens have a charm that's en-
 chanting
 A glory unknown till it's OCT; For Youth, cen with raving and rant
 ing,
 Is smooth as the silvery shore. Existence is peaceful and Idle, The course is as straight as a line, And no one affixes the bridle Until we approach twenty nine. Alas, then they come with the trap
 pings
 And saddle us over with weight The while are administered rappings That warn of the hour growing late. And so we are caught in the hustle That pushes on toward the incline; And there on the crest comes the
 tussIe.
 As soon as we leave twenty mine. Too quickly the time comes for part
 ing,
 our twenties must go with the tens; While stopping with one we are
 starting
 To look through a. new bit of lens. Then thirty. with shadow and sorrow, Stalks in with a dread we op1ne To tell us that on the Tomorrow We'll never more see twentynine. Adieu to the scenes of our childhood, To the boys and the girls once we
 knew; To the pathways that lead to the
 wildwood,
 To the skies that were ever so blue; To the dells and the valleys of glad
 ness,
 To the cot on the hill yours and These are treasures relinquished with
 sadness
 When we part with the year tWen-
 ty-nine. Then drink to the dead and the dying, The days and the dream1ngs Of
 yore. The tears and the heart aches ana
 signing,
 The Babel that Life holds In store; Fill full to the brirn of the beaker, The sparkling, the bright, cheery
 wine,- A toast to the folks growing weaker The fellows who've past twenty
 nine.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15
COMMUNICATED.
FROM MISSOURI"
Taxpayer Wants to he shown by
 Mayor on Wood Question.

To the Editor:
 In last evenings issue you stated that our esteemed mayor has in view 10000 or 15,000 cords of wood, and that if the council votes it's approval the city can purchase same and save the coal shorta ge-Sc far, fine!
 But following up his honor's several f1iehts since he took the reins tiEt guide our city government, I recall, and I believe l state correctly, that he has made some very bad landings Now. if the mayor is really serious about this wood proposition, let him go into it with people who understand the cutting and carting of wood men of experience In this particular line, and personally l think there is none but the brick manufacturers, who have done this sort of thing before inc mayor became man. We have very busy men In this city, both man ufacturers and retailers: they have never come across with their opinion Of what our fine up-to-date system which has been and is under his hon or's rein-but sometimes l think it is a shame for them to continue forever with this same attitude
 We don't need here to quote the mistakes of our health board (barn building and slaughter house expense) nor do we need to quote our mark board (for children born of Eskimo parents can paddle in winter as we'll
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

Ten Months in q German Raider. a
 Prisoner of War Aboard the
 Wolf, by J. S. Cameron. Traveller in Wartime, by Winston
 Churchill.
 Two Towns-One City: Paris-Lon-
 don, by J. F, Macdonald
 "DiVided into three parts: The 'en- tente' before the war-London in war time-Paris of today A series of essays which interpret the two cities making men and things vivid and alive, and setting various events and conditions clearly before the mind. "A. l.. A. Booklist. Verses in Peace and War, by Shane
 Leslie.
 This extremely slim volume bears quite substantial witness to his un- common poetic gift, and to the high 1y mystical and impassioned quality of his imagination."-- World
 
 Fiction. Barbara Picks Husband a comedy
 in narrative, by H. Hagcdorn. Lawson Black Retail Merchant, by
 Harold Whitehead. Green and Gay, by Lee Holt.
 "A pleasant story of a convent hos pital which is being directed by 8 charming French woman and her daughter. Into it come the wound- ed poi]us, and among them one in a German uniform who loses his mem ory and power of speech" In terestins both as a story and as a war picture. "A. L A. Booklist Long Ever Ago, by Rupert Hughes. Ten short, interesting stories, all about Irish living in New York city The same characters figure in sev- eral of them"
 MinnigIen, by Agnes & Egerton
 Castle.
 Rough Road, by W. J. Locke. The Sub, by Taffrail, Being the Auto-
 biography of David Munro, Sub
 Lieutenant, Royal Navy.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

not on record & case of g. loaded troop transport being attacked in the wa ters of the continent, though thou sands have gone across the Atlantic since the war began, from Canadian and from United States ports. The Watchfulness of the disposition of its component craft has thus been estab- lished. The same watChfulness and effective disposition will keep down the activity of the raiders which cross the Atlantic whether they try to op- crate in Canadian or United States wa terS.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15
Help from the Kaiser.
{ Baltimore American.) )

(BaItlmOre AmeTiCan.)
 Lenine wants the Kaiser to help him in Russia. and the ex-king of Greece is begging him to aid him to get back his throne Then he has Austria Hun gary crumbling to pieces on his hands. and the allies driving him back in France, with nobody he can call on to help him. This war is not turning out the easy walkover to world domination he thought 1t would be when he start cd if
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

The Berlin Deutsche Zeitung an nounces gloomily that the present Hun setback is "the first serious de- feat of the war" Perhaps in ten years or so the Germans will learn about the first battle on the Marne.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15
SuDplieS Captured.
(TorontO Mail and Empire.)

(Toronto Mail and Empire.)
 The stores of ammunition and other supplies abandoned by the Germans in their retreat must be quite as large as those lost by the British in the retreat from St Quentin line. Germany can- not afford to lose such great stocks nearly as we'll as the allies could
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15
LIST OF NEW BOOKS AT THE NEW BRITAIN INSTITUTE

Anne Pedersdotter. by Hans Wiers-
 LenSSen.
 An intense, tragic drama in four acts translated from the Danish by John Maseteld. The scene is laid in sixteenth century Bergen, the plot is based on the belief in witchcraft which prevailed at that time. "A L. A. Booklist
 Cheer-up Letters by T. Ford
 War letters written home by son ot SeWel Ford, creator of "Forchy.' Eclipse of Russia by E J. Dillon. End of the War hy Walter E. Weyl. Finland and the Films, by Arthur
 Reade.
 Timely, authoritative book."- Dial.
 General Foch, by R. M. Johnston. Georgian Poetry, 1916-1917.
 The third volume contains work Of eighteen poets. nine not previous " included, At first req ding it seems less impressive than the earlier VOL e'iiA00' pu| IL IS really worth while. - A. L. A. Booklist High Adventure, by James Norman
 Hall.
 The author of Kitchener's Mob g1Nes in this book the first personal narrative of an American aviator,'- Publishers Note New Warfare, by c. Blanchon.
 A book by French naval expert which surveys comprehensively the present war, it's methods. instruments and moral forces, and gives a vision of the more exquisite refinement of the horrors of war which future in vention will bring about. Not techni- cal, but interesting to the general reader"
 On the Fringe of the Great Fight. by
 George G. Nasmith
 Work of soldier scientists back of the lines'
 Real Colonel House, by A. r. H.
 Smith.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

The Kaiser is reported to have sent d mental expert to administer to the King of Bulgaria. There's plenty of work for the Doc right in Potsdam.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15
SEVERE STORM.

A severe storm, accompanied by high winds swept over the city last night, doing considerable damage t8 trees. Branches were broken off in numerous places. Catch basins over flowed and numerous washouts were reported.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

Natives of the Rhine provinces are alarmed already over the activity of Allied aviators. Next year they will have still more reason to squawk.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

Remember, the "heIlo'' girls are not allowed to give the time of day by phone any more. But they might write you a letter about 1t if you asked politely.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

Now that the Germans have been pushed back more than fifty miles from Paris. they'll have to invent a new monster gun if they intend to re- capital
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

New York papers made more of a fuss this morning over the little squall along Riverside drive than we did over our real hope-to- die tornado early In the summer.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

The office boy today asked us with from a certain point?' By the time we grabbed paperweight he was al- ready out of the room.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

MT. McAdoo pleads with Congress mot to tax brains." If brains were taxed we know lots of people who could claim exemption.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

At last General March has request ed the public to refrain from referr- ing to American troops as "Sammies. The best reason for desisting from the overseas object strongly to it.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

old Father Knickerbocker feels that he has been annoyed long enough by that U-boat pest in his front yard. Now watch for some action.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

Ludendorff demanded twenty divi- sions of reserves from Austria and received two. Question-How many would he have received had he de- manded only two divisions?
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

A pianist in Oshkosh wants to be- come deep sea diver. Presumably he intends to run up and down the fish scales
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

The Herald has been request ed to settle a discussion as to the date of the assassination of President Mckinley.
 1t was during the Pan Ameri- can Exposition in Buffalo that President Mckinley was shot, on September 6, 1901. He died September IA, 1901, at the home of John G. Milburn, of Buffalo. The assassin was Louis Czolgosz, who was electrocuted at Auburn State Prison, New York, October 29, 1301.-LThe Editor
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

A Main street "rnovie' advertises itself as the coolest theater in the United States" Aren't there any "movies' in Alaska?
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

The kaiser was all ready to point to the Marne drive and say to Emper- or Charles, There. that's the way you should have done it on the Piave. R,,t he couldn't seem to find the right words. and so there was another "strategic retreat'-Kansa City Star.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

&s Pass Around Dead Mans vas not a prohibitionist.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

in Boston ate waterm melOn and he, deaf. Hee evidently forgot to earlaps and seed slipped in.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

Yesterdays storm proved again
 t a splendid lighting system we ] have when enough power Is pro- led.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

tEmployes at a rubber plant in Bris- struck for higher wages and their alands were granted. A regular
 p."
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15
FACTS AND RANCHES.

The paper supply to German pub lications has been cut again. If they follow their usual custom of record ing only Hun victories, they are not going to need much paper henceforth, anvway-Fall River Herald.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

The crown prince may yet oecome e so impatient as to get into the real fighting himself. .-Washingt Star.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

as summer) and our board of public works should not be criticized because If we had an all-time chairman like our board of assessors we might be- gin to build new streets in the months of May, June and July-not start in August to make sewerage and water connections then begin to lay the foundation when Jack Frost" makes his appearance. You could go down through the line, but ''what's the use?"
 However, when one has read to here one probably keeps saying: "What is this fellow kicking about ?'-if so here is the answer:
 I want to ask the mayor when this next council meeting is held and the wood question is taken up to go pre- pared-have some sort of an idea what the wood is going to cost a cord de- livered to the consumer.
 Don't let us have the potato gossip all over again. The mayor spent s20,- 900 for machinery, etc, many patri- otic citizens gave their time free-still the money that was taken from the taxpayer to purchase potatoes at $1.35 per bushel was charged back to the same taxpayer for the sum of $2 a busfel. Now every person in New Britain knows of this joker"
 So l suggest that the mayor keep off the grass-if he can't locate a path.
 TAXPAYER, Residing at home, but from Missouri
 The Legion Of Officials.
 (Boston Heradl
 The army of the United States has grown at a formidable rate during the last year. but not much faster than the brigade of civilian employees. The shipping programme, the taking of the railroads and wires, and the week by week expansion of govern mental functions have combined to make public employees of several hun dred thousand voters who were for merry in private service.
 This is one aspect of the Govern ment ownership problem which has not had from public opinion, the con- sideration it deserves. Uncle Sam is probably the worlds largest employ CT of labor. Even before the war the country had frequent occasions to see how political pressure could be brought to bear on Congress and on the executive departments by real lively small groups of workers in the Government printing plant. by post men and by employees in Government arsenals Or navy yards. The voting strength of the Federal employees has been multiplied ten or twenty fold
 What will be the outcome when the war ends Probably the return of peace will find this great array of men quite anxious to continue with the Government as their employer And no wonder. They are getting all they ask for in the way of higher wages and more induIgent discipline. They are not likely, therefore, to be enthusiastic for a return to the old regime. The public is bearing the bur den in higher prices and restricted service, but its sentiment win not easily crystalize when things become normal again For good or i'll, we are creating a giant political octopus with which no public man may now dare to trif1e Now is the time to look these facts in the face and to realize their true significance.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

"a Community "sing ?" professes absolute tg- This point.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

Over in France they shoot German prOpa gandists and start treason trials right in the midst of bombardment by the enemy. Over here it's differ ent-Bro ckton Times.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

Giessen on the Lahn once was famous because Liebig, the chemist taught at it's university. It will be famous in the years to come princi- pally because it has had the honor of detaining a, number of American sol- diers.-Troy Record.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15
BolsheViki have learned that

He American Consul in Moscow is a cole that they cannot stir up with Immunity.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

We don't have much time in this country now to do anything but ad- just ourselves to changed conditions. Ohio State Journal
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

After charging the victim 40 cents for a haircut and 20 cents for a shave he will indeed be a bold barber who will have the hardihood to ask: "Washyerhead?"- - Springfield Daily News.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

One of the greatest fardships con- corning next winters coal supply is this prolonged preliminary suspense. Star.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

the borders of the United States q grain crop of over 5000, 0,OOO.OOO bush els This is admirable cooperation. Toronto Globe
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

l5rth of Thrift Stamps ia this country. Did
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

Autocracv is the political skunk After while there will be only the laugh. New London Day.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

If the kaiser has anything at all with which to do any refecting, he must be wondering whatever he let the Yanks get over there for in the first place.-Detroit Free Press.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

After a girl Is ' her time is about equally divided between visiting, en- tertaining company and writing to her riends.-Capper's Weekly
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

The Germans have had some very able generals but what they need most is a pinch hitter like Foch.- Springfield Republican.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

Something seems to have knocked the a out of Hungary.-Atlanta Coh- stitution.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

In the midsummer a 32 to 45 year old mans fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love and marriage There's a reason.-New York World
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

Probably Gen. LudendorH will say that the munitions the crown prince destroyed or abandoned were not worth keeping.-New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

While the Washington government is talking of raising an army or 5,oO0,OO0 men, Nature, according to the latest estimate, is raising within
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

Many war garden is a wonder not because it is so productive, but because it is what it is.-Norwich Bulletin.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

There is no one who excels col ored gentleman in the art of trading converse tional salYe for slightly worn wearing apparel.--Capper's Week'y.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

If German fury Is stirred by a single defeat to a new war on hospi- tai ships, what atrocities will be left to punish the decisive victories which the allies are still to win Spring. field Republican.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

The American Indian is giving an excellent account of himself at the front. Incidentally it may be men toned that the American Indian had no small share in introducing the corn and tobacco now regarded so highly by military uthority.-Wash- tngton Star.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15
peen made and that

ku kE been made and that Aceive one.
 the latest develop that Empey lost his actlon by bitterly as- eil in the course of a Ellington theater. He aintained that draft ers because they only ksompelled to do so. a great number of France and in the is said to have of President Will lat when Enlpey For remarks. And s Commission was uthentic, Empey
 Valuable lesson.
 ashington will countenance dis
 against drafted fhat there is only the regulars be- ganization Ls the Hill kno@at we
 of ters' the
 Hnd he will re- nd policy to speak that army.
 rThe late czar's
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

The Rrest -Iitovsl1 peace treaty al- ready shows signs ot helhS ha2sN al the knees-Meriden Record.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

Twenty scoreless baseball innings may sound very exciting. but it must look like mourners passing around for a last look at the remains Of the dear lamented - Springfield Daily News.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

The writer recalls an incident which occurred at the time he was Vice Consul at Warsaw. On the day when diplomatic relations were severed with Germany, representatives of the occupying forces hastened to the con- sulate with an order for Us to cease all official functions. The consul's first thought was about the code book and to make sure that it did not come into possession of the German officers he smuggled it out Of the office safe, under their very eyes, and carried it to his private apartment on the same floor, where he burned it in the Kitchen stove while the writer en- deavored to keep the visitors atten- ton fastened on other matters. The ruse succeeded, and the Germans were much chagrined at not finding the code book amongst the consulate effects.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

The dandelion'S roar, spoken Of Tn these columns some months ago, IS now silenced in the thunderous whip ping of the golden rod.-NeW London Day.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

Rough Road, by W. J. Locke. The Sub, by Taffrail, Being the Auto
 biography of David Munro, Sub
 Lieutenant, Royal Navy.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

6f.-The late czar s Ished.