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New Britain herald., 1919-03-06
'NSONS' BIG MEETING.
Centennial Lodge Visited Ely Members
OF Center Lodge OF Mcrtdcn.

With over 115 members and out OF
town Masonic guests present, Centens
NAL lodge, A. r. & A. M. held one Of
the largest meetings of the year i'm
Masonic hall last evening. The occa-
sion was the visit of Center lodge OF
Meriden, with their special degree
team which eXemplified the third de-
gree on one candidate. Preceding
the lodge meeting the laoies Of the.
ner.
Worshipful Master Oscar Marsh Of
Centennial lodge presented to the
visiting worshipful master an en-
bossed and framed communication Of
greeting from Centennial lodge.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-06
TAX RATE To BE
FIXED BY VOTERS
City Meeting Decides TO Have
Regular Voting on March IL

AS predicted in last evening $ paper
the adjourned city meeting held last
night in the armory proved tame
affair this the more so in comparison
win the first meeting a week ago.
ne meeting last night Was entirely
orderly and no indications of op-
position on the part OF those present
could be seen. The conduct OF tho
meeting had been previously arranged
at several conferences between tho
heads of the different sides
Mayor Quiglcy called the adjourned
meeting to order. II was estimated
that about 1000 voters we're present
despite the inclemcnt weather. Mayor
Qulgley opened his remarks by stat
ing that there were two budgets be-
fore the meeting and in order that
fairness in acting upon them might
be had some of the city officials had
met representatives of the Taxpayers'
association and it was voted to rec
ommend that the budget presented
by M. a. Sexton, which is now on
legal form, be taken to the polls so
that all might have a chance to take
action to vote.
The budget as presented al the
last meeting was an amendment to
the rs mill budget The y mill
budget when first presented was not
legal but by tho aid of several Of the
city officials and the corporation
counsel the budget was made legal
for action last night.
After the mayor had concluded MIR.
Sexton moved 10 amend the 25 mill
budget by that offered for the Tax
payers association calling for q mills.
Mr.. Sections motion was seconded by
John Sweeney, also a member Of tho
association Mr.. Sexton told OF the
several conferences held in the ofiSe
of the mayor and said in all fairness
the matter should be left to A decision
at the polls. The two resolutions ap-
pearng in last nights paper we're
adopted, One Of them called for 2
further adjournment until Wednesday,.
March / ? when the matter will he
decided ut the polls Votes will he
by ballot and the two budgets, IS
mills. and q mills, will be voted on
at that time The polls win be open
from r. m. until s q. m THE meet
ing did not last over 90 minutes.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-06
LIST OF NEW BOOKS AT THE NEW BRITAIN TNS7ITJTvn

60 ont Tor dramatic irony .~-Sprinr-
heId Republican. MS
NERNOUSNEsS, by T, r. rr,so,.
(Mlnd and health serI o''''
"A popular pSycholoc;o,
sion or nervousness and its +reo 49,
by psychoahalysis and mental roolI
justment. 1t should be OF beI,l - go. 49,
functional nervous sufferer"p ~ me
A. BookIist -
OLD ROAD TO PARADISE h,.,N,,u
garet Widdemer
Short poems Of the war. love
fairy fancies, dreams and many Other
things. all from A woman's point of
view. and sWitl1 a deep tenderness and
often a usefulness in their under
standing of youth and the common
affections of life. "A. L. A. Booklist
PEACH GROWING, by II. P. Gould.
"a comprehensive text on the
growing and marketing Of peaches.
WASHINGTON: THE MAN WHO
MADE US, a play by Percy Mack
aye.
WOMEN WHO MAKE OUR NOV
ELS, by 6. NJ, Overton.
"A book to be read and enjoyed
and to be controverted if you please.
The enjoyment is certain. Book
man.
BELL RINGER. by G. r. Sears.
"A delicate episode study Of New
England village life and character.'
A. l.. A. Booklist.
CRIMSON Al4IBI, by O. r. Cohen.
DANGER. AND OTHER STORIES,
by A. Conan Doyle.
NTNE TALES, by Hugh de Selincourt.
'Written with delicacy, and with
simple and stimulating recognition OF
the bravery and naturalness and
wind-swcpt viSor of ife.''-New York
Wines.
WHITE MAN, by G.. A. mbcrlain.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-06
The Bishops Pilgrimage.
(SprinGfeld Republican,

The commission of Protestant Epis-
copal bishops and their associates who
are to sail from New York to visit
Rome and the Near East in the hope
of preparing the way for greater
degree of unity within the Christ ia n
church arc going at an auspicious no
ment. The test of the great war has
shown that religious aspirations and
principles cut across denOminatiOnal
and sccta ran lines. is he not also
a man and d brother?" was a question
answered before il was asked on many
battlefields by ministers of religion
whose hocks We're the fighting men,
of whatever creed.
The movement of which the pres
cnt commission is the most advanced
step was inaugurated by the E,pis-
copaI convention Of 1910. \ working
agreem ent on Christian principles is
the object sought. Whether among
the various divisions and subdivisions
of the church which held in common
the doctrine of the divinity of Christ
there is enough in common upon
which to build a structure which all
will aCCCpt is q question to be an
sWcrcd. ManN' of the Protestant de-
nominations have reached A tcnta -
tive agreement in respect to such II
common ground. and a letter which
the papal secretary of state wrote to
the secretary Of the federal council of
the churches Of Christ in America in
the early days OF the movement has
encouraged its promoters to believe
that she holy see will be in sympathy
with the spirit of the proposal for CO.
operation. Indeed, it is said that re-
cent correspondence has strengthened
the belief. The occa sion is historic.
as the first time since the reign Of
Henry VIII. that Anglican bishops
have waited upon the pope.
The unity proposal has been COM
pared with the league of nations, and
the parallel is natural ono; but
Bishop R. Fl. Weller, Of Fond du Lac,
Wis, one of the commissioners. ex-
plains that what is sought now is not
SO pretentious; the object is merely u
conference, that a basis for action
may be established. He says:
We want to got all bodies toget her
and say not what we disagree on, but
what we agree on. There are Ger
tain great principles on which We be-
1eve the Christian churches are more
united today than most people realize.
We believe that, joining together
looking eye to eye. we shall find these
fundam entail bases of agreement, and
SO lay the platform for a larger more
cO-ordinated work"
The commission has high hopes Of
the cooperation of the Russian Or
thOdoX church, whose head, Arch
bishop Tihkon, patriarch Of Moscow,
formcrly presided over the Russian
church in New York. The head OF
the Crock church, the patriarchs Of
tOnstantinople, Antioch. Jerusa lem
and Alexandria. and proba bly, the head
Of the church in Armenia, will also he
visited, in the expectation OF q SYM
pathetic hearing. All Christendom
will be interested in the outcome of
this pilgrimage and, whatever its i'm
med1ate outcome may be- should .pro(it
ny It's efforts toward a mutual under
standing.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-06
Com parative Losses at ypres.

London, March 6.--The casualties
of the British, Canadian and Austral-
ian troops in the Ypres salient from
July 81 TO November IS, 1917. aegrc-
gated in officers and men 25S.027.
This fact was made known yester-
day in the house of commons when
Winston Spencer Churchill. secretary
OF war, in answering q question, gave
the casualties as follows:
British-Officers, 1875; men, 2O7,-
SIS.
anadians---Officers 1876; men, H.
1917.
observation-disclosures, 11,2S9; men.
assoc,
New Britain herald., 1919-03-06
CLAIMS CANADIANS
NEEDLESSLY KILLED
Sir Sam Hughes Makes SenSa,
tional Charges Against Officers

Toronto. March 6.~-AlI Canada has
been stirred by charges made in the
! house of commons by Sir Sam
Hughes, foloner minister of militia,
that officers commanding the dOn1iT~
ions forces in France needlcsSly sac
rificed the lives OF their men in order
to advance themselves. Although his
allega tom We're assumed to refer 10
Sir rth3!,, Curric, commander in
chief of TIE Canadian forces there is
apparent a strong inclination in many
quarters to disagree with him. Sol
diers who served overseas already
have taken up the cudgels in support
of Gen. CUrrie.
Sir Sam opened his attack with the
announcement that he had protested
several times to Premier Gordon
against the waste Of Cana dian BOYS
lives in unnecessary stunts on the bat
tlefeld.' He then read 4 letter he had
sent to Sir Robert protesting against
what he termed needless slaughter at
Cambria, and stating that he had
drawn the attention OF the prime min
lister on previous occasions to the
ma ssac ere al Lens, |asschendcle."
etc, where the only np"r"ont object
was to glorify the general IN com
mand and make it impossible, through
butchery, to have a. fifth and sixth di-
vision and two army corps"
He declared that any general who
would undertake the attack at Cam
hria by suburban or street fighting
should be court -martialed. The same
was true Of the officer who had order
ed the storming of Mons four hours
before the signing Of the armistiCe.
This he chara cterizcd as a bit of the
atrical display which had cost the
lives of many fine Canadian boys who
could i'll be spared. "Bullheadedness
and inconlpetency, he said, wore
traceable in the horrible casualties
rolling up to eight and ten times the
total force of a battalion or d bril-
gade."
Some OF he papers hint that Sir
Sam attack was inspired by chagrin
at the failure ofh is son, Gen. Garnet
At the failure OF his son. Gen. Garnet
mander of the fifth brigade of Cana
dams, but all are unanimous in the
assertion that the charges call for an
immediate and thorough investigation
General Currie was an appointee
of Sir So m s when he was minister OF
militia.
Incidentally Sir Sam made a bitter
attack on Sir Joseph F'laVele, head of
the imperial munitions board and
president of the William Davies COM
pany, big Canadian packing concern,
with branches in the United States
The company's profits in the Canadian
branches were investigated some time
ago by a royal commission, but he
declared that the operations Of the
company in the United States should |
he looked into, and asserted that Sir !
Joseph had made $5.000000 a month |
on contracts for meat products for his |
company by virtue of the influence he |
was able to WELD as head Of the i'm
Derial munitions board and that he !
had made profits Of 500, 100000 dur
ing the four years of war Sir Joseph |
has issued a categorical denial to the |
eX-ministers charges.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-06
SECRECY STILL IN FORCE.

Secrecy continues to be the vehicle
which the proponents of new
Ute educational system ride and
~ have apparently learned nothing
M the public resentment aroused
the clandCstinc methods employed
writing and propagating the lam
led Morrison Code. In spite of re-
Rt reverSes, the authors and sup
tiers of the Morrison measure will
II admit defeat and if perseverance
IA virtue they arc a holy body Of
n.
Preparing a substitute for the Nor
I ON Code, it's godfathers met in
srtford yesterday and turned the
" in the door after all who had
Rn invited had entered. Newspa-
n men were not permitted to report
u discussion, but sufficient knowl-
BE Of the meeting leaked out so
Hat the public is not entirely unit
re that a new move is pending.
Nc the State Board of Education
s plan for improving the school
Btem which it believes will stand
test of critical opinion there
build be no heSitancy to publishing
u facts. Secrecy killed the Morri-
n bill. 1t bids fair 10 undermine
d substitute. .....
New Britain herald., 1919-03-06
"a i ss,ll]pnort of


{ ii sssss " sa 49, n NJ egy3FFsSSF
]. r .s a. ~ se 1n1ont is an ardent
ii 81 IF ra.gist bsff4ile allows her enthusi-
asm for tlss cause of equal suffrage to
warp her, better judgment when she
diers as "hoodlums In uniform" The
suffragists made a determined effort
to create a, disturbance in New York
Tuesday evening when President Will
mored that they intended to burn
copies Of the Presidents speeches.
Naturally, New York objected. The
President was the guest Of the city
and the citizens took upon them
selves the responsibility Of protecting
him from unpleasantness. In the dis
turbancc that followed, a, number Of
the women who were determined to
create excitement and get their names
in the paper were roughly handled.
According to Mrs. Belmont, hood
lunls in uniform knocked out and
trampled young women who were
only IldhlDS IL pea IOl LnC1r TlS nus.
These "hoodlums" are the same men
who fought and bled in Europe in Or
der that Mrs Belmont and the rest
of her sex might enjoy security from
the fate that descended on the women
OF invaded lands across the Atlantic
These "hoodlums" are the same men
who endured almost unbeieva Bile
hardships and sacrifices in order that
the name of woman might remain
sacred. These "hoodlums" are the
same men who were Offering their
very lives for an ideal at the direction
of their command er- in chief whom
the National Women's Party was
hecklins at Washington. If the ques-
ton of woman suffrage is ever re-
ferred to the voters, the American
sailors and soldiers are not apt to for
get the insult hurled at them and
act accordingly.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-06

CURRICULUM. by j, #. Bobbitt.
"A book which looks upon the
whole school curriculum as a means
of socializing the pupil for future
citizenship, occupation and leisure en-
Joyment. "A. l.. A. Bookllst.
DIETETICs FOR NURSES, by F. T.
Proudit
EVOLUTION OF THE DOMINION
OF CANADA, by Edward Porritt.
"One OF a new series of college text
books on government, this work deals
lnformatively with the physical fea
lures, and population Of Canada, the
Influences which brought about con-
fedora ton. the distribution of powers
between the Dominion and Provin-
Clal goVernm ents, the national policy
OF the Dominion, and other subjects.
The connection and comparison with
the United states in politics is espe-
cially treated "A. L A. Booklist.
GLORY OF THE COMING, by Irvin
S. Cobb
"What mine eyes have seen of
Americans IN action in this year Of
gr@,>5c and allied cndeaVor."
HEALTIIUL SCHOOLS, by May
Ayres and others.
Summarizes very readably and
concisely, in form that will be useful
to teachers and school boards all the
phases Of the improvement Of the
school childs environment 1t in
cludes the construction, equipment
and care of the school building. med
iCal inspection athletic activities and
the care Of exceptional or unhealthy
children. A. l.. A. BOoklst.
MADAME SAND, by Philip Mocllcr.
A bogra phical com edy; with a for
word by Mrs. Fiske.
"First written for Mrs. Fiske. 1t
accOmpllshes that rare thing-mak-
ing the reader respect the heroine
and at the same time laugh at her.
The conQuering, unmatchable George
Sand, Alfred Gle NIusset Chopin, List,
Heine-all are merily ficked with the
whip of Mocllcr's now unquestoned
New Britain herald., 1919-03-06
TOWN HOME IMPROVEMENTS.

Several changes will be made at the
town farm in this city in order TO give
added protection against fire. New
doorways will be constructed. \
small building will be erected over
fire hydrant at the farm to protect fire
hose which will be kept constantly at
tached TO the hydrant and ready for
instant use. Bids will he received UNI
til March l. at noon for this work.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-06
ident Wilson will re-

ident Wilson will re-
He legends of history.
Eson will appear In the
- coming ages, like unto
Whom he resem lies Ill pro-
Hill see him guiding through
I'D of the Internal world tha1
Sed Beatrice whom we call
Mr. Wilson wished peace, ana
ITO Facilitate its coming ana
4s1 to all the eNigCnCicS OF hohof
4nurity, he developed the tram
MALT of the good, and II ne mas
eded in this almost lnSufh1 ouhC-
gaasS, it is because he has desired
mace through justice ana TOT JUS
1t was for peace and Tor JuSIlce
MI he went to war. This man or
En-, this jurist of Sinai, this solomon
sTight and duty has never falled 70
61bordinatc his conduct and mat OF
Hue states of which he was the ahSo-
&tNte representative, to the dominant
&entim ent of JUSTICE lie was pos
8essed by it as by a good demon.
Nothing was to be wished, nothing
was to be done--but justicc' Such
position, psychic and intellectual Sc
Ncurelv founded on convictions and be
5liefs of rocky strength, alone could
give to his decisions thc serene auth
soritv and force necessary to impose
them" T.. w. HAROLD.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-06

Joe Tumulty declines to be can
ddatc for governor Of New Jersey in
order to remain with President Will
son as his private secretary. Such
loyalty to a bcnefactor is unusual
these daEs.--F'lorida Times Union,
New Britain herald., 1919-03-06
J-BOATs SOLD FOR JUNk.
Purchasers of ~, Held BY British,
Promise to Break Them Up.

London, March e.-A number OF
German submarines lying in Il British
port are to he handed over to the Al
lied governments some being sent to
Italy, Japan and other countries.
Forty submarines. : all sizes
up to the big @ .Can-guln,' ;0rine-
have been solo under E DrI'"o
that they be broken a.. the i.,.-
Gines.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-06

A bloodless revolution by the Spar
tacans is revolution in which no
Spartacan blood is spilled.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-06

Some day a republican senator will
forget himself and start a f1libuster
gainst a. filibuster.-New York Eve
ming Post.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-06

DIETETICs FOR NURSES, by F. T
PrOudfit
New Britain herald., 1919-03-06

Ei1lg saved our do
4 Many a deed of
neglect, resulting in star
s441d even death, has been due
kUrink--Our Dumb Animals.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-02-07

studious nature and had fair edu-
cation. When the war broke out he
bought a liberty bond, for appear
ance sake. but up to the day Ameri-
ca entered the war had openly de-
clared himself in favor OF Germany;
he hoped Germany would win be-
cause her cause was just.
This is one instance, but glance
at the names of the strike leaders
who refuse to arbitrate will bear out
the assertion that the majority of
them are OF foreign birth--men who
have come to show the American the
way to liberty and independence.
Knowing these facts, is what led
Senator Sherman to state that the
Seattle affair was more OF demon
stration OF Bolshevism than mere
demand OF laoorers to receive what
is considered in the business world
a fair and equitable wage.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-02-07
FIND MANS SKELETON
Lumbermen- Solve Mystery Of Aged
Persons Disappearance.

The mysterious disappearance of
Smith Flohr, an elghty-year-old noun
talneer of Mountaindale. Pennsylvania.
missing since August 20, and for whom
a search covering the Blue Ridge
mountains for miles around has been
going on since, was solved when two
lumbermen, John Brown and Solo
mon Nom. while passing through
densely wooded section OF the noun
talns near Old Forge, stumbled across
the skeleton Of man. Near by
hat and coat enabled the dIscov.
erers os the body to ldentify'lt us tina;
of Flohr.
on the day Of the old mountalneer's
disappearance he had been visiting
son, Irwin s. F'lnhr. at Mountaindale,
and decided toward evening 10 make
his way across to Blue Ridge Summit,
where another son. ID. s. Flohg, lived,
intending TO spend the night there.
Despite efforts to dlssuade him. Flohr
started out across the mountains.
From that moment until his skeleton
was discovered about mile from the
main mountain road, his whereabouts
puzzled the countryside. II is now as
sumed that he became confused, wan
dered into the thicket and after becom.
ing exhausted, collapsed, and later died
Of starvation.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-02-07
LOST LIP IN BATTLE
NOW HAS new ONE
New York Officer the Subject Of
an Interesting Operation
in England.

A surgeon hns played trick ola
Lieut.. Clement q, Felt OF olean, N. Y.
But the lieutenant is not angry about
II. In fact. he Is one OF the happlest
men In London. He wns hit by shell
ON September 20 In the terrible battle
between Cambrai and st. Quentin,
when the Hlndenburg line was broken,
He lay unconscious in a shell hole,
nobody knows how long. He doesn't.
When he came to himself. he found
that he was wounded In the hip, In tho
hand, and also that his lower lip had
been blown away. He was taken to
hospital and examined by surgeon,
who In dua course placed him under
an anesthetic and made him new
lip. The work was so perfectly done
that even the lieutenant's own mother
would never detect that the present lip
Is the second one that her son has
worn. All that remains to show that
he was wounded In the mouth Is a
slight scar, just a badge OF honor,
Lieutenant Felt often wondered
where the new flesh came from that
went TO his face. Was II taken from
the anatomy OF some generous colonel.
or major generalT Was II n contrlbu-
tion OF some pretty young English
maldenf That was what he hoped
most Of all. Lieutenant Felt Is bach.
elor. But, alas, 1t wasn't Only the
other day came the disilluslonment.
The bandages of his own left hand,
which he thought had been damaged
by the shell, were unwrapped. Then
he discovered the trick the surgeon had
played upon him while he was under
the influence OF the ether. There was
deep cut In the hand. That was
the new lip.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-02-07
Breaking the News Gently.

IN our opinion this Hlgginsville sol
der deserves the medal for dellcately
breaking bad news OF two sorts to
mother. His letter In the Jeffcrsonian
says; "How is every one ut homer
am fine and dandy. Say, mother, you
ought to have seen my new bed last
night II was one of the incest white
iron beds, with springs, mattress,
sheets, blankets and soft pillow. 1t
was in hospital where l am now.
The front is the only place see any
fun now, haven't been paid for six
months. and so you see ! am near
broke."-Kansas City Times,
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-02-07
More Americana in China.

Foreign firms and the foreign popu-
atIon of China ARE Increasing percep-
;lb,y, The American population In,
creased In 1917 by 10 per cent over the
previous year. and American firms
iolm lS7 to PIG; Japanese advanced
rrnm l0l,2Ta persons TO 144,i92 and
the number of Japanese firms In
creased during the year by 900; the
Russian population decreased by g..
02l, hut firms Increased by l,4o2: the
British population decreased, but Brit.
ish firms Increased by IL. There was
total Increase over 1916 of 34,SI2 In
the foreign population OF China last
year and of 1881 firms.