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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08
WANTED :-WORK FOR SOLDIERS

Among the men registered with the
United State Employment Bureau in
this city are a number Of soldiers re-
Gently returned from duty who are
anxious to exchange the khaki for
blue jeans but who have not been
placed in the factories. These men
are residents of New Britain but
some of them were employed in sur
rounding cities when called to the
colors and others were in business for
themselves
1t is stated at the bureau that man
ufacturers are living up to the spirit
of the times ard taking back former
employees who entered the military
service. The men now on the waiting
list are skilled in various trades and
the bureau officials, as well as others
who have had their attention called
to their situation. are anxious to see
them placed in local factories.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08

with justice, that Senator Penro$e is
Incapable of writing a tariff bill free
from the influence of the corporations
and monopolies which in politics he
has always served"
There is another point to be con-
sidered, in the opinion of Mr. Pin
chot. Millions of woman will vote in
1920 and he believes that the attitude
of Senator Penro$e on liquor, child
labor and equal suffrage has made
him particularly offensive to women
voters.
1t is a strong indictment that Mr..
Pinchot brings against the Pennsyl-
Vania mCneybags. 1t is made doublN
strong by quotations from a number
of orthodox Republican newspapers
which object to Senator Penrose's
aspirations to write the next tarlH
bill. Unless the Republican party is
submerged in a eactionary bog 1t
cannot ignore the warning signal Mr..
PinchOt hangs out on the track.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08

(BriStOl PreSS)

The sensational press at home and
abroad is having happy time over
the peace congress doings. To date
it has guessed wrong nearly every
time, but that does not make a par
ticle Of difference to bitter partisa MS
who think they see a chance to score
against the opposition. It is, a merry
time for ANTAGONISTS. But the people
as a whole, who care chiefly for the
facts and the accom- plishments have
no cause for agitation. The instances
in the history Of the world are rare
when a body of men have been called
together to satisfy so many conflicting
disputes and Clashing interests and de-
eide problems of the present and
future that directly involve the vel
fare of billions of people. It is a ire
mendOus burden to impose on any
body Of men, and the duty is being
performed remarkably we'll Not many
people will be carried away by the
spasms of polite and vocal eruptions
of politicians. - ~-.'
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08
Control of the Caspian.


An mconspicuous dispatch records
that the British forces have advanced
from Baku and occupied the Trans
Caucasian railway and also have oc-
cupied Petrovsl< and Astra kahn, at
the mouth of the Nolga river.
If that be true, and if the army or
occupation is of sufficient size, as it
probably is, it means more iowa I'd
the safety Of a large section of Flu
rope and Of Asia than all the fl he
language expended on the matter in
Paris. 1t means control of the Cas-
plan region, protection to Persia and
to India and restraint of any reac-
tionary move within that corner OF
Russia. itself.
With Baku, Astrakhan and the rail-
way safely in their hands the British
dominate the Caspian sea and the
rich oil fields. Possession Of the
Trans-Caucasian railway controls the
outlet from the oil fields to the Black
sea. On the Caspian, opposite Baku
is the terminus of the Russian STRAIT
egic railroad, which runs to the Dor
der of Afghanistan. 1t may be a
long step toward a permanent settle
ment
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08
The Newest Great Hotel.
(NeW York WORLDLY

The boast of New York's newest
great hotel of "a capacity of 5000
persons is not so remarlIab Bile as it's
supplem entary boast of "a staff of
5000 men and women" This is the
equivalent Of an employe for every
guest, and the fact throws light on
the high cost of hotel living
Conditions of hotel operation re-
curing, SO large a personnel go far to
explain both the increasing charges
for room rent and for restaurant
service. They denote d laVishness Of
expenditure which is probably unique
to New York hotels and indicate why
the art of bookkeeping has been
raised to higher business standards in
this city than anywhere else in the
world.
They likewise illuminate the vast
scale Of hotel operation on it's COM
m ercia1 side A corporation that must
pay wages to 5000 employees besides
meeting the heavy interest charges
and other necessary expenses must
charge all the ira ffic will bear.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08
BOIShcViSna i'm the Senate.
(\eW York World, }


When the Judiciary Committee Of
the United States Senate begins it's
investigation Of Bolshevism in the
United States it should give imme-
tiatc consideration to remarks made
by Senator FrelinghuNsen~ Of New
Jersey Wednesday:
II is very well for the PreSl-
dent to break the precedents of a
century and a third that he may
head triumphant professions in
foreign capitals. sleep in the
cham bers of royalty. dine off gold
plates in the palaces Of the
modern Caesars. and have his
photograph taken standing in
line with Kings, Queens and
Princesses. Those are interesting
and perhaps aluring pictures.
Rut what of the American pri-
vate who returns to his native
shores unhonored and unsung,
dismissed from the service, miles
away from home. without a dol
lar in his pocket?"
Such demagOgy is the very warp
and wool of BolsheVism. That is the
way the Ienines and Trotzkys talked
to the deluded fools in Russia It is
the way Liebknecht and Rosa LuXem-
burg talked to the Germans whom
they were melting to a class war. 1t
is the familiar language of the |. w.
w. in this country.
What could be more ridiculous than
for the Senate to engage in a solemn
investigation of BOlSheVism while
Senators who invoke the evil spirit of
Bolsh evism in the Senate Chambers
go unrebulled?
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08
10 Soldiers Blinded In War.
(New York SUM

Colonel Allen Greenwood of Boston,
the senior consulting specialist in sur
gerry affecting the eyes of members of
the American expcditionary forces,
has returned to this country with the
news that not more than 10 soldiers
have been blinded in the war. The
public has been prepared for a higher
total. DR.. Greenwood announcement
will relieve. the anxiety of many. In
numerous cases blindness has been
averted by the. skill of the sur
geops. The nation will care for the
soldiers who have lost'their sight, and
be thankful this affiliction has not
come to more of its fighting men. B.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08
MIR. PINCHOT FIRES AGAIN,

Ridicue may he an effective wea-
ron for Ieashing the tongues of some
men but in the case of Clifford Pinchot
it serves only to refresh and invig-
crate and so he returns to the joust
with Senator Boie$ Penro$e, who at
empted to dodge the issue when Mr.
Pinchot asked him to withdraw his
candidacy for the chairmanship of
he Senate Finance Committee.
Mr. Pinchot's principal aim is the
defeat Of the Democratic party in
1920. His principal fear is that the
Democrats will be victorious if $ena-
sof Penro$e becomes chairman Of the
Finance Committee. He fears also
that Dem ocracy may continue in pow
err if it elects its candidate for presi-
dent in 1920, expressing the cOnvic-
zion that the party which wins the
next election may we'll hold the gov
ernnlent for a generation He be-
iieves the Democratic party has lost
The confidence of the voters but if
PeDro$e is elected chairman of the
Finance Committee the tariff bill
will. lose the confidence of the rank
and file of the (Republican) party
adding that many will contend, and
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08
Arrogance in the Senate,
Springfield Republican,

'HpfI0Sllelu re DuD1can.)
How far Am erica is from accepting
the free trade principle was seen in
W edneSdaNs Senate outbreak against
Great Britain for the imposition of
certain restrictions on imports into
the United Kingdom. The senators
who Joined in the attack would stoutly
assert the right of the United States
to do exactly the same thing. The
British government has done nothin e
1t had no right to do, since it's tenn -
porary en- barge on certain foreign
commodities applies to all countries
alike. Foreigners might be justified in
calling the Senate demonstration an
example of American arrogance. We
demand the English market as if it
were our own, While making the
American market as much of a
monopoly for American manufacture
ers as we like.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08
CE-PRESIDENT MARSHALL'S GREED


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of
in
crest o any
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tina
Who
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08
Men and Work
(Lowen Courier-Citizen.

VIIOWeH IOUTIeF-V lt1Ien.)
The war has fattened pay envelopes
but simply because the world had
to pay fancy prices in order to tempt
the few available laborers to serve it.
1t no longer will have to do that.
The laboIcrs are not few-they are
many. and. the harvest isn't quite so
plenteous, either. 1t is natural
enough that. organized forces Of work
ers should have learned to fancy.
themselvsse invincible because they
have had, things their own way for
so long. But the<reason was not or
ganiza ton; it VAS circumstances a$si
sisting Ofga niZatiOn.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08
The British En- barge.
(Provid ence JourhaD

The British, at this time, are not
Worrying, as our secretary Of com
m cree is, about the menace of a Dump
ing of German goods, when the sea
lanes are again open. They simply do
not propose to allow it. Their barrier
will undoubtedly be lowered to friend
ly trade that is not Instantaneous
to their domestic interests. Any other
country is at liberty to adopt any safe
guarding course it pleases. If there is
one dominating British chara cterstic
it is a readiness to allow every nation
to mind it's own business
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08
His Peculiar FyeSiSht'

A man who had been called up for
medical examination had curiously
defective eyeshght. at times he could
see fairly we'll and at others he was
so blind that he had to have a friend
to guide him.
On the day of the examination he
arrived on the arm of his friend.
Several ordinary tests for the eve
sight were tried in vain, and at last
the doctor, growing exasperated
seized a large empty metal garbage
can lid and asked:
Can YOU see that?'
Yes" came the reply.
We'll, what, is it?''
"a silver half-dollar. "-Ontario
Post
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08
Admiral Mayo's Urgings.
Montreal Gazette.)

United States go the limit in expand
ing its navy. That is natural on his
part. The sailor chief is always con-
WINGED that his country's hope is in
it's navy before everything else. The
military authority, on the other
hand, pins his faith in the army.
And the civilian powers. which con-
troll the situation, never agree in full
with the views of either. Congress
will not act in accordance with the
MAYO urgings unless something OK
traordilary develops in Europe.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08
The Price of Cbppcr.

Engineering and Mining Journal.)
The British goVernm ent is offering
its accumulation of electrolytic cop
per at>f1O5, to meet which price pro
ducers would have to sell here at "A
equivalent that is variously reckoneI
at Is IL to 10 cents. Nominally, the
principal American copper agencies
are asking % cents pound
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08

An American soldier took an Eng
l1sh girl to see a, game of baseball in
London according to a story told by
Lord Dunmore. IF there is any
thing you want explained" said the
doughboy, tell me. I guess a lot Of
Things seem meaningless to you"
" Everything seems meaningless" re
Piled the girl, land some things seem
fdlotic.' What seems idiotic ?''
WELL was the answer why do you
call the seats the stands ?"-The Out
look.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08
LAST LEAVE.


Let us forget tomorrow! For tonight
At least, with curtains drawn, and
driftwood piled
On our own hearthstone, We may rest,
and see
The freight Pickering on familiar
walls.
Chow the blue flames leap when an
ember fallsD
Peace, and content, and soul-secur-
ity-
These are Within Without the waste
is wild
With storm clouds sweeping by in flu
mous flight,
And ceaseless beating of autumnal
Upon our window Tane.
The dusk grows deercr now, the
flames are low;
We do not heed the shadow, you and
Nor fear the gray wings Of encroach-
ing gloom,
SO softly they enfold us. One last
gleam
Flashes and fits, elusive as dream,
And then dies out upon the darkened
room,
50, even so, our earthly fires must die:
Yet, in our hearts, loves flame shall
leap and glow
When this dear night, with all it
holds for me,
Is but a memC1y
From The Bookman.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08

Industrial fanatics should paste in
their hats the announcement by
Mayor ole Hanson of Seattle, made
when strikers boosted they would
take over the police department and
esta blish their own guard. It was:
''Any man who attempts to take over
control of municipal, government
functions here will be shot on sight
Good food for fools.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08
LEST EBERT FORGET.

Germany should be informed once
and for the last time that the United
States and the Allies won the war.
4 No more temporizing and circumlocu-
ton should be permitted. In spite of
her crooked pra ctices in battle, her
propag anda of frightfulness and her
inhumanity toward civilian popula-
tons, Germany was thrashed soundly.
Il Ut is taking long time for the sit
uation to seep into the brains Of Herr
Ebert and his associates
Since November II. 1913, we have
j tried to be patient. Germany has
Il been extended every opportunity to
comply with terms of the armistice
IN fact she has been treated cour-
teousIy and with chivalry becoming to
4 civilized nations. The victor imposed
II certain conditions on the Vanquished
u not because the victor had need of
any Of the war machinery demanded
but because the Vanquished nation
could not be trusted Germany's
black past proved that her word
could not be accepted. She had VIC
\ lated sacred covenants so often and
With such reckless regard for the
good will Of the world that we all
B came to believe she had a deceitful
heart. And so we insisted that she
render herself impotent to renew the
war by surrendering certain tools of
battle.
Germany promised to comply with
the stipuIations of Marshal Foch.
Then excuses were offered. Germany
was starving and could not deliver the
required number of railroad cars and
locomotives. The people were threat
enins to rise up. The Bolsheviki re-
CURED the concentrated attention OF
the de facto government. Germany
could not provide the instruments de-
fined in the armistce terms. These
and other lies came across the Dor
der of Hunland. At first we were
disposed to consider them true, not
having learned our lesson even
through the war Germany Embossed
on the world. We have waited quietly
and with all possible dignity for the
4 enemy to comply with our terms. Per
& haps some of us have been deceived
4 bv the "revDlution" at German ports
against the Ebert government. We
had demanded ships. Was it only
coincidence that an uprising oc-
y Cured in the cities from which those
I Ships would proceed?
Now comes the blatant Ebert per
son with a grandiloquent, pompous
stump speech delivered to tickle the
Aars 81 home. He tells the Allies that
Germany will not he imposed upon.
I'VE warn the Allies not to push
too far he says, and continues to
humble narticulate threats of what
\ will follow unless the Allies ease the
pressure. The danger of renewal
Of warfare by Germany should not be
4 exaggerated but we should not blink
at the real menace, the growing be-
lief Of the German populace, strength
I'd by Ebert and others, that the
# eutons are still a super race destined
Jet to propa gate their Kultur, which
democracy has exposed as poisonous
Eophistry.
Patience is at an end. We want no
n more trifing. Germany will not be
a crushed but she must be spanked and
I the sooner Ebert has this fact driven
&"tnto his skull the quicker can the
4 world return to normal.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08
Sim EcintlOm Without Strikes.
(New York Commercially

INeW DIX Comm erClaI)
Strikes in Belfast are more trouble
some than the Sim Fem movement
in the south and west Of Ireland.
Unionist manufacturers and ship
builders in Ulster may yet envy the
comfortable position of industries in
other parts of the cou1try where the
people are too interested in politics
to think about la Dor problems and
where labor unions are practically uh-
unknoW1.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08

Jim" Mann seems to have been
lost sight of in the race for the
Speakership of the next House. 1t is
believed he will be crushed as flat
Fess and Mr.. Gillett.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08
n Voice From Maine,
(LewiSton SuA.)

The amendment is there Now may
we expect, on gigantic national
scale, the moral degradation that
shamed Maine SO : many s years.
abundance of prohibition statutes and
protected r rumshops. The lie is q
greater enemy of society than the
cup. -: ..-
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08
Progress and Prices.

Baltimore American.)
The wheels revolve and we get no
where! Because of wage increases, rail
road freights must go up; and when
freights go up, the cost of living in
Creases Then higher wages, higher
freights. higher wages, higher freights
foot. loot! we're off-certainy we're
off.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08
For n Ten-HOur Day.
(Willimantic News. }

A notice at the Quidnick -Windham
Manufacturing company makes eff
fective Monday a forty hour week,
four days Of ten hours each week
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08
To Stop Big Campaign Gift
(Brooklyn Eagle.)

NDfOohlyn Ea2le.)
A strong sentiment in MANY parts
of the country, particularly in the
south and west, is voiced in the vote
of the house of representatives. 1911
to 116, to put into the revenue bill q
tax of 100 per cent. on all campaign
contributions of more than $500. OF
course there are no revenue possibiIi-
ties in such provision. Everybody
understands that
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08

4 Mayor Hylan Of New York has a
good prescription for shaking off wor
ries. He simply hops on a train for
Palm Beach and forgets 1t all. No
to Florida.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08

Will "The Pied Piper" appear in the
expurgated literature of the future
after it has been censored by the Pro
hibitionists?
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08
New York's Garment Workers

New Orleans Times PiCaYune.)
Thousands of Garment Workers
Ordered to ke.'-Headline over
New York dispatch. Conditions in the
New York garment working industry,
one infors, are returning to the nor
NAL, peace time status.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08

Herbert Corey, travelling through
Germany. writes that he can see no
danger Of famine in that country, and
When free lance newspaper man
can see no danger of hunger there
Just naturally amt any.-kansas City
Times.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08

Members of Congress express the
be reduced soon, inspiring us to
burst into song with The -four that
blooms in the spring, ira, la"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08

May we not ask, what business will
those punches of grapes have on the
Connecticut State seal after July
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08

L heard that farmer using naughty
words when he was saving wood TINS
morning." remarked the city chlld 10
his mother.
Well" explained the parent, per
haps the wood was knotty. '--Portiahd
Press aasns
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08
FACTS AND FANCIES.

In his efforts to pose as q. philan
throplst old John Barleycorn calls at
tenton to the fact that nobody thinks
of serving free lunch at a soda foun-
tain.-Washingto Star.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-08

1fSE.
russian constitutional democrs
formerly foreign minister hn+
name is not included among tboug'
who make public the appeal for helm
for Russia.
The German domination in RIps-
STA and its artificial splitting into in
dependent parts" says the Russia n
representatives, lis contrary to the
aspirations of the masses and of all
the same elements which demand
the union Of the whole country in a
single state whose ultimate fate must
De determined by the free decision Of
the peoples inhabiting Russia.
....' For THIS purpose active help Isl
required from the Allies for all those
parts OF Russia which are in conflict
or the BoIsheviki and who are striv-
ing to reunite and regenerate Russia
In the south this help must be
given first of all to the voluntary
army which is fighting against the
BolsheV1ki in the Northern Caucasus
Besides to create order, it is neces
sary to occupy temporarily the mostj
important towns and railway iuncE
uons in the south Of Russia SO as I'll
prevent the advance of the BoIshevilxjE
from the north and the spreading ofH
anarchy, that has already ruined +beN
north of Russia.
"A barrier against the Bolshevisuz
spreading from the north will enabIa8
the voluntary army to consolidate
and to grow. 1t will be possible b1J
consumption to convert this voluntar,k
army into vast army in the southH
OF Russia and, together with Siheri =
and the northern territory to cr,,sI,
the Bolsheviki and to reunite tbo
whole of free Russia in the comm Il
spring '''ii' n
therefore the allied help is 800
required for the purpose Of taking
an offensive against the BoIshevik
pul 10 create conditions that wiI1 en-
@ole the same elements to orgSnize W
themselves, TO create government
mechanism and an army. All the rest #
as well as the internal organiza ton of #
the country must be left to the Rus II
slams themselves.
Quite Il separate problem is the
salvation Of Petrograd. During the 8
Bolshevik regime the population had #
to 100000. The liberia N
ton of this city at the earliest pos N
sible date by the Allies is called for
by considerations of humanity now
that the Allies have access to tbs
dying capital through the Baltic sea
If in time,of war America considered
1t her duty to Save Europe from the
yoke of Prussianism, now at tbe
moment of the approaching peace a
new task is confronting her-tbe
salvation of the Russian democra cv
and Of the Russian state from the
tyranny of Lenine and Trotzky, nay #
the salvation of the whole OF Russian #
clVihza ton from the BOlshevik bar
barity. If the help is not given
quickly and decisively, Russia, in
stead of free democratic country @
will be crushed in a state of unhea rd I'M
of dictatorship, that will make
stable and a lasting peace Impossible.
that will be a constant threat not Il
only to its neighbors, but to the world M
of Europe.
The Bolshevik army, say the Rus
sian army delegates now has increased ia
to 500,0 men. According to the Ia
statement, the socialist members OF IN
the delegation are of the opinion that N
Soviet rule in Russia is the deadIiest 8
enemy to dem craCy,