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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17

office? It is feared that Miles would
straightaway make headlong flight
back to the quiet, untroubIed patch of
ground from whence he came.
III one advertisem ent in the Post of
yesterday we read that Mary Meehan
asks the good citizens of Boston to
elect her to the school committee.
Her success, she claims, will "rebuke
the educational 'faddists who are
spelling the schools Defeat their
candidates, she urges, adding; There
is only one peoples candidate, Mary
Meehan"
In another space nearby is a SINH
lar appeal from Frances G.. Curtis,
with her picture. She is Il member Of
the school committee now and asks
for reelection and strengthens her
candidacy with an endorsement Of the
Public School Asso cia ton. There may
be a certain amount of strategy in the
insertion OF her picture. Women
have been known to bet on race
horses because they liked the 'colors
they carried or because the Jockeys
were such handsome lads. Probably
the men will vote for Miss-or is it
Mrs ?-Curtis because-well, we have
seen worse on the magazine covers.
All this in staid, Puritanical con-
servative Boston.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17
Courage of a Prince That Was.
(New York World)

From distant Wieringen comes the
cajbled story that Frederick William,
lately heir apparent to the throne Of
the Kaisers, has a1rea dy dismissed
three cooks and fixed a baleful eye
upon the fourth.
These proceedings are open to var
ious interpretations. The young mas
ter may be moved by a desire to make
exile safe for autocracy. He may be
striving to keep alive in his Interim ent
the principle of the imperial preroga-
tive. Or he may have a palate in per-
petual revolt over the fading of a GER
tain fond dream of Partisan dainties
to have been spread for prince of
the Telrtonic realm in the late SUNNI err
of 1914, Whatever the impulse be-
hind them, however, the doings at
Wierin gen reveal state Of daring
desperation calculated to surprise the
universal mind.
Judging by interviews recently re-
ported, the world that reads the news
has felt that Frederick Williams per
sonal courage quite possibly did not
measure UP to reasonable expecta-
tons, he being eldest son to a war
lord of 'hrazen tongue. His ex-hfgh-
n ess, we have been told, did not want
the war; did not believe father wanted
it; did not approve of the attack on
Verdun; knew that the FatherIand
was whipped after the first battle of
the Marine. If his was not the craven
spirit in restraint, what then? And
yet, at the very peak of his reaction
from the spirit off frigh tfulness, the
crown prince that was stirs up and
fires the culinary chiefs of staff!
In the face OF such circum stanc
we are forced to modify conclusions
in which we had deemed ourselves
right and happy. Until 100 per cent.
American reveals himself with cour-
age to GUST one cook, let alone three,
under present conditions of supply,
quality and wage demands-not to
speak of the cost of roast beehive
shall believe that the eldest son of
Hohenzollern is a regular bold one
in spots
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17
JOIN THE RED CROSS.
GENUINE PHILANTHROPY.

No more convincing proof of able
management could be offered the
public than the annual report of the
Red Gross for the fiscal year ending
June 80. just announced for publica-
ton. The statement reveals a skill
in the handling of millions of dollars
that would not have been considered
possible outside a banking institution.
For every dollar received by the
Red Gross, only two cents was spent
to administer bureaus in this country,
which directed relief work all over
the world. For every dollar contrib
uted by the American people, more
than $1.01 was expended directly for
decreasing the burdens OF the wound
ed and Gorrowful. This was made
possible through interest received on
funds.
Attention is called in the report to
the item on salaries. The highest sal
airy paid is $4,000 and the list goes
down to $500. The salary question
10 IiI7 De'lo u e1At lilOtNSIh pihAe1Althho Up
&c movements but it cannot be said
that the Red Cross is guilty Of ex-
travaEance in this particular In fact,
the opposite is true. Convinced of
the goodness and greatness of the
cause in which they served, many
prominent men ard women sacrificed
their own personal interests to work
for small remuneration and In many
cases their labcrs were entirely gratis,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17
For the Crackers.
tBoston Post.

For those croakers who are be-
ginning to despair of the prosperity
Of the republic simply because the
mighty stimulus OF a. mighty conflict
is over, we heartily recommend q
minutes thought the totally diff
ferent attitude taken by Judge Gilbert
II. Gary, head of the United States
Steel corporation, and one Of the big
gest men, mentally and temperament
tally, that this country now contains.
This man. head of the largest in
dustrial corporation in the world, said
at a meeting of other steel magnates
the other day: 81 predict that the
next five years in this country will be
the most progressive, prosperous and
successful Of our history; the results
will aSto nish even the most optimis-
tic of today
This is no prophecy Of a gentleman
who likes to say that sort of thing
because he thinks it sounds well and
will help things generally, but rather
of a keen and ar-seeing expert on
business and financial conditions
Judge Gary has never been accused Of
talking for the pleasure of hearing
his own voice. What he says he
comes close to knowing, and what he
knows in this case he says.
relation of wages and prices, Judge
Gary took the unprecedented stand,
for a leader of Big Business that
costs Of living should come down first
and that unless and until they are
reduced it would seem that on the
average present wages are reason
able"
This is a new doctrine, but it IL
essentially sound economies as well
as sound social philosophy. Hereto
fore wages have always been forced
to run a poor race with prices, with
| the result that no matter how rapid
or extensive the advance in wages the
cost of living kept just so much
ahead. Chairman Gary 1ow urges
that this process be reversed for
time and he tells his fellow steel pro-
ducers that they should be prepared
to order a reduction in the prices o.
their goods Immediately.
The Post believes that the steel
men and other manufacturers will
find that Judge Garys proposition
that labor be well paid will prove the
soundest kind of foundation for tho
prosperity that we all SO earnestly de-
sire and expect.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17
MANY ARE URGING
KAISERS EXECUTION
Congressman Receiving Letters Giving
Advice as to What Should BE
Done With Hun

Washington, Dec. 17.-Nen1be Of
the senate and house judiciary COM
mittees are receiving letters urging
the execution of the Kaiser. The
latest appeal is from r. Floyd Clarke,
No &c Liberty street, New York.
He says in a pamphlet that
Special International tribunal"
should try the Kaiser and the others
guilty of ordering or executing the
unspeakable crimes of the war. The
body should be a sort of court mar
tial, Mr.. Clarke argues, which would
not be hampered by technical rules.
He would try them under interna-
tiOnal law as declared by The Hague
tribunal :
He declares that such justice meted
out in the case would let any mad
cap individual of the future know
that when as king, emperor or prime
minister he thus shall attempt to
Overturn the customs of war estab-
lished by the concurrence of the So
ciety of nations and glory in his
crime the penalty Of personal retri-
button hangs on the heels of his act
and that he must make such a de-
cison at his. own personal risk and
peril
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17
JOIN THE RED CROSS.
MIXING BUSINESS AND POLITICS.

Fast upon the England to-Tndia
comes the announcement that Amer
lea is to have an aerial passenger and
express service. The project is fathered
by Captain B. B. Lipsner, for
merly connected with the aerial mail
department who resigned recently
after making charges that Postma ster
BurIeson was not discharging his du-
ties in this branch with efficiency.
According to Captain Lipsner he
has the support of q syndicate of men
who agree to furnish 100000 for
the enterprise The air machines to
be used will carry forty passengers or
their equivalent weight In express
matter and a rebate Will be allowed
for every minute the planes are late
in arriving at their destinations.
Regular schedules will be observed.
It is intended to begin operations on
May IS. 1919. -
Every possible convenience will be
OHGTeu TO passengers. WIZ
less telephones and writing accomm o.
dations. The captain makes the
rather gloomy observation that the
company to be formed will carry It's
own insurance of passengers" But
let's talk about something pleasant.
Besides inaugurating his overland
service, Captain Lipsner says he will
attempt to cross the Atlantic ocean
next june following the course TAX
en- by the steamship George Washing
ton, via the Azores.
Captain Lipsner is versatile In
dividual. In addition to his aerial
ventures, he hopes to have Postmast-
err Burleson exposed for the manner
in which he has conducted the air
mail branch of his department. It Is
unfortunate that the daunt1ess flyer
tries to mix business with politics
The public will wish him the great
est success i'll his aerial experiments.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17
ON LEARNING FRENCH.

Like silver bells heard in O. mist,
Or moonstone echoes from some
brook
Where silver birches wall nook,
Or like sea ripples Moonlight kissed.
Or like a lake of silver Lodges
Where iris water 1illies lave,
Or like some 1ark's translucent
wave
OF song above white hawthorn
hedges.
The maiden ripples French to me;
But / am like some argonaut
In some mute agony OF thought,
Lost in sounds sweet tranquility.
ALFRED J. FRITCHEY,
in the Stars and Stripes, France.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17
,Jay Cookies Desk.

philadelphia Public Ledger.)
Somebody showed DR.. Johnson 81
cane that had been round the world
Indeed" said the doctor. and it's
only a. stick after all, isn't it7"
But Charles D. Barney showed me
the other evening a desk that is
more than a desk.
1t had on it this inscriptions: Jay
Cooke, financial agent for the United
States government from 1851 to
1865, sat at this desk during the
four years Of the Civil war and over
it negotiated the sale of the greater
part of the three thousand million
dollars of bonds which were issued
to preserve the Union
It was not a pigeon-hole, roll-top
desk. 1t was fiat, for a clean sweep,
like the deck of a ship
AS they said of a certain British
general, Jay Cooke had no cobWebs in
his brain. Neither was his office fur
niture "a salvage bureau of junk for q
rummage sale.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17
BRITAIN TO WELCOME HAIG.
Great Military Pageant Planned
for Brilliant General

London, Dec. IT British Wire
less Press. )-t'icld Marshal Sir Doug
las Haig, commander in chief of the
British forces in France, will arrive
in England Thursday morning. After
landing at Dover the field marshal
and his party will be driven to the
Admiralty Pier station. where a civic
address will be presented to the field
marshal. Later he will drive to the
Town hall.
The field marshal is expected to
arrive in London in the early after
noon. He VII be met by the Duke 0t
COnnaught on behalf of King George,
An imposing military welcome is
being arranged. From the station the
field marshal with troops lining the
streets will drive to Buckingham
Palace where King George will give
a luncheon in his honor
It is said that after the peace
treaty is signed there will be a more
formal welcome of Field Marshal
Haig, his officers, and his troops.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17
COMMUNICATED.
GARBAGE COLLECTION,
Less Inspection, More Service, Is
Plea of Woman.

Editor Now Britain Herald:
Will you kindly permit me to ask a
few questions in regard to some Of
the city affairs?
Can anyone tell why New Britain
cannot have q system of garbage COL
lection as good as some of the neigh
boring cities-Middletown or Hart
ford for instance?
wouldn't 1t be just as well to pay
men to collect garbage-tin cans and
ashes included-as to pay a man to
walk around with smile on his face
and q, notebook in his hand, to in
Vesugate the backwards and sec what
your garbage can looks like? If Mr..
inspector is satisfied all right, if not,
he sends out a nice little notice, and
calls again to see if Mr.. Taxpayer re-
ceived it and took heed
Postage, printed matter and calls
all cost money and Mr.. Taxpayer must
pay his part and then have his ashes
and the like carried and put where the
city says. be it far or near.
BY the way, does Mr.. Inspector ever
notice how tight the cover fits on the
big garbage cam as it passes through
our street? Did he ever happen to
meet 1T on the street on a nice warm
summer day or have the pleasure of
being nearby when it stopped for a
few moments to increase it's load +?
wouldn't the taxpayers be Just as well
satisfied with less inspection and a
little downright good work in helping
to clean the yards and keep them so?
With a system of garbage collec-
ton that took all the waste from the
yards two or three times q week there
would not be great deal Of need for
inspection in most sections Of the city,
consequently the 'tinspection force"
could be reduced and the salary thus
saved applied to the cost of collection
of garbage.
Just at present our Board Of
Health is asking for g. raise and just
previous to said request told the pub
lie that they put in 240 hours extra
time in the week that New Britain
was suffering from the recent cpl
demic. Now everybody appreciates
the good work done by the board and
is willing to give them plenty Of
Credit-but when they ask for raise
that is around $40 per hour and we
realize they want it not only this year
but for all future years, isn't it time
to wake up and think q little?
Just one more question: If the city
officials were each and every one tax
payers. and had to dig down into
their own pockets to help meet the
various increases in salaries, would
they be just as ready to ask for a
raise" or if every member of our
council even were a taxpayer, would
he be as willing to vote for it as he is
now?
Why not have taxpayers to spend
the money for the city as we'll as fur
niSh it to be spent?
WOMAN TAXPAYER.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17
On the Rhine Bridge at Cologne.

On the Rhine Bridge at Cologne.
(Philip Gibbs's Copyright Gable in
New York Ttmes)
walked on the bridge this morn
ing and. leaning over it, looked down
on the waters Of the Rhine and even
then could hardly believe we were
there and had reached that goal
which used to be spoken Of as a grim
jest in tho dugouts near Ypres and on
the Somme, when it seemed easier to
get to heaven than to this German
river-and this was SO to many
thousands of Britishers three months
ago.
The young Hussar pacing the
bridge looked lonely among all those
German civilians about him, looking
at his kit and giving him sidelong
chances as they passed. one Of my
friends spoke to him and asked him
how he was getting on.
"The people are not unfriendly,"
he said. They come up and speak
to me in English now and then
What do they say" he was asked;
and for a, moment he heSltated. Then
he grinned and said
One German this m orning came
UP to me and said, in well-spoken
English, so you have wound UP as
the Watch on the Rhine?'
1t seems too good to be true; but
I believe this young sentry especially
after meeting several young Germans.
now walters again after four years OF
war, who spoke English perfectly,
having been in hotels in London and
Liverpool, where they learned British
songs and slang.
In the Dombof hotel 7 sat and was
waited upon by Germans, who, until
q few days ago, were il the uniform
of their army, and who a *cw months
or weeks ago had been fighting
against us. 1t was difficult to believe
that the man who handed me a table
knife and waited upon me, with a
starched shirt front would have cut
my throat If we had met somewhere
we will say, on the outskirts of Cam
brai.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17
TIOlleys and Railroads..
(Lowell Courier-Citizen. }

Why it should cost so much more
to transport passengers in a trolley
car than in a railroad train is one
of the wonderments of the traction
fare question. One can travel for
three cents a mile on the railroads,
and On trip tickets or monthly tick
cts for much less. Where street car
fares have been raised to seven, eight
or nine cents the possible haul, as a,
rule costs about three cents a mile
and the average haul is, OF course at
a, considerably lighter rate. In the
Boston district, where everybody ex-
cept school children pays eight cents
it has never been authoritatively de-
termined just what the average haul
is: but there is good reason for sus-
pecting that it is not so long as some
people, arguing from the long rides
that are Theoretically possible, have
supposed it to be. The in-town runs
from the west and south, for exan1ple
are accompanied by a very large
short haul business from Roxbury.
Loagwood and the nearer parts Of
Cambridge and SomervilIe, all within
the two-mi1e radius from Park street;
and the bulk of the heavy riding
from South Boston and East Boston
seems to come on board within a cou-
pie of miles of it's destination. It is
a safe guess that the trustees Of the
Boston Elevated company will hence
forth be getting as much as three
cents a mile for. their traction; and
considering the vast bulk of it. and
the overcrowding of many of the
services, that seems like a pretty stiff
price even In these times.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17
Passing of Missouri Institution
CFrom the Paris Appeal

We are thankful for the passing of
the family bird cage. Remember
when we all owned two or three and
kept them flied with red birds, brown
thrushes and other songsters we
shared in nearby forests? And how
they used to wear all the feathers off
their breasts beating against the
wires in their desire for liberty? This
note was suggested by a beautiful red
bird who hoped on our window sill
and gave a friendly peck or two by
the way of greeting. 1t is because we
have learned to know and appreciate
our wild feathered friends that we
treat them like God intended we
should.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17
BELGIAN CONSULATES
ARE BEING REOPENFD

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE United
States consulate at Antwerp. Belgiumt
has been reopened, with Henry Nor
gan, formerly consul at Hamburg. in
charge The state department also
announced that other consuIates in
Belgium are being reopened.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17
WRESTLE OR STOP.
Berlin GrappIer Wants Contest With
Hid Benjamin of PlainyiIle.

Hercules Cassalingo of Berlin, Il
wrestler who is being developed by Al
Ventres is anxious for a bout with
Kid Benjamin Of PIainville and
wants to stage a contest shortly.
Cassalingo claims that Benjamin
was to have wrestled him at the Y. NJ.
c. A two weeks ago but failed to
appear The Berlin man claims to
weigh in at 1873 pounds.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17

II we can't have a contest for the
Americas cup between Tom Liptons
shamrock and q Yankee yacht by
all means lets have an International
tea swizzHng match. After their
should be highly accomplished at the
art.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17
SITUATION IN SMYRNA
is EXTREMELY CRITICAL

Athens, Dec. 1.-THE situation. in
smyrna is extremely critical, accord 4
ing to newspaper dispatches from
Mitylene. Young Turk officials hava
posted armed bands at various places
about the town and these have been
bOmbarded by the Allied fleets
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17
JOIN THE RED CROSS.
FACTS AND FANCIES.

SO far IS Indicated about all that
William Hohenzollern is going to find
in his Christmas stocking is the alibis
and determinations of his eldest son
and one time ministers of Germany
and Austria.-New York World
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17
WOMEN AND DEMONSTRATIONS

The New Britain Woman's Suffrage
association will meet Thursday eve
ming at o'clock in the Red Cross
rooms on West Main street Mrs.
Nancy Schoonmaker of Hartford, will
give an address on Women aid Re
construction" Miss Julia Hinanan, of
Hartford, will also give a talk. and
William Buell. will tell of his expert
ences in France while driving an
American Red Gross ambulance.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17
TIE WORLD Do MOVE.

What would Miles Standish think
1f he could return to Boston some
foggy morning, glance at the front
page of the Post and read the adj
vertisements of woman candidates for
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17

The Bo1shevil1i in the Duchy of
Brunswick have started to clean
house by appointing a washwoman
Minister Of Education.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17

The decision of the Nobel commit
tee not to award a peace prize this
year will be shock to the former
crown prince, whose recent talks in
Dictated a belief that he was the lead
ing candidate.--New York Sun.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17

ond general convention to be held.
The first one met about three years
ago in New York. At present the fed
Grafton has affiliations with about SOC
local societies.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17

Since this is the season in a par
ocular sense Of peace and good will,
capital and labor should join in the
lebration.--Baltimore American.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17

The Atkins sunny side whiting
and gas club has now merged into the
hot stove and yarn club. The for
mer officers and mem bersl,ip remain
the same.--Atl1ins Chronicle.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17

Think of what is happening to
those American citizens, naturalized
and otherwise, who invested their
cash in German bonds the first three
years of the war.--Richmond Times
Dispatch.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17
Running No Risk.
(Boston Transcript

Boys, look out. you don't pick
toadstools instead of mushrooms.
They are very easy to confuse
ooh, that's all right, sir. We amt
goin' to eat 'em ourselves; we're so
ing to sell en-"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17
Natures Cas,louHage.
(Ynnkers Statesma an. !

Teacher" Willie did YOU ever see
zebra?'' .-,..
Willie-''Yes. n1s'an.''
What did it look like
1T looked just like a camoufia ged
horse
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17

The trouble with most 'inexpen-
sive" Christmas presents this year Is
that they do not strike one as being
the kind of presents one would like
to receive from somebody else.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17
Public Enough.
Life \
should.

Have you ever done any public
speaking?"
81 once proposed to girl over the
telephone in my homo town"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-17

Anyone who fails to give to the
Red Cross is dead says Vice President
Marshall. Yes, from the neck up at
least.