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New Britain herald., 1919-06-14
Why Crazy Laws For Crazy Men"
CNew York WOrld)

In the severity of it's provisions the new sedition bill introduced by Sena- tor King goes far beyond anything ever before dreamed of as necessary for the protection of the government,
 It is the fruit of six months labor by senate sub- committee that haS secured the whole field in the search for evidence of alien propaganda and un-A American activities. It appears tc he based not merely on facts that may have been discovered but on fears that may have been excited in the minds of senators in the course Of their "a mblng investigation.
 If the present laws against crime are inadequate they should be strengthened. But the time has not come when the Amercan people vii. willingly assent to the retrenChmeht ot the rights of free speech and lawfu, disCussior. Briefly, what is needed is an effective way to deal with crimes directed against the government For national safety it is not necessary to ma gnify into crimes all the reckless words, spoken and written, of ire. sponsiblc agitators hunting notoriety.
 Persons who preach the overthrow of the government bN force, who adVo- cate violence and teach armed reNo- lution. must be dealt with as indiVid- ualS There can be no sweeping pro hihition by statute on utteranCes thai may sound offensive to many - cars merely because they are novel or fhdE iCal to an alarming degree.
 In it's desire to erect new barriers against the forces of disorder, the sen ate subcommittee, through Senator King, has gone the full limit. For in stance, it groups persons who use scurrilous or abusive language about the form Aa government with u3 those wR advocate assassination Of public officials and destruction of pub lie property and prescribes the same penalties.
 Even if such laws were to he enact ed. they could not be enforced in the courts where reason md inat.cc still prevail
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14
RENTP.AYERS.

Judging from the interest that the Association, which should t be confused with the Taxpayers q Rentpayers Association of which $. McMahon is president, is taking it's campaign for lower rents about city there will be something ac- |nplished in this line before the hr is over. Indignation meetings various sorts usually flare up and down very quickly but this or Aization seems to have a real vance and is ready to see it hugh.
 grofiteering landlords must he & Nty to warrant the amount of
 ble that the association is going order to make the position of rentpayer easier. It has stated $t it is by no means conducting a
 on landlords in general but is kng to reduce the high cost of liv-
 by procuring reasonable rents
 members are going about doing
 post thoroughly. They plan 10
 figures available and will build
 is possible to raise the money.
 are conducting d sane campaisn.
 they succeed.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14
The Crown Prince Talks.
(Waterbury Republican,

The former crown prince. pausing in his daily grind of sketChing. mo- tOrcNCle riding and tennis, talks al large of many things for the instruc- ton and entertainment Of a toll worn world. Chiefly, however, he touches upon thai subject that has ever been closest to his heart, himself. Specid- callN, he denies report, recently giv- en wide circulation and considerable CredenCe, to the effect that he had made a venture into the pottery bus- ness, a vocation of imm emo orial age and usefulness. He is not. it seems, contemplating any depa rture from his accustomed round of duties into the field of useful and perhaps gainful oc- equations Least of all does he look with favor upon the manufaC CturC of pottery. He does not like it, he says with that charming frankncSs that has ever been one of his most Conspicu- Ous traits
 How, then, did inc report get start cd? "'That was joke. said tho erst- while heir to the throne Of empire. Tt was the first of April. l know noth- ing about making pottery:" Always sportiNe, Defeat cannot stale nor banishment withcr his infinite variety
 H. will do his bit to tighten the gloom that has settled over his fath- erland, even, if he must, with a joke about himself. How it will make the gurgling chuckle of sweet amuscm ent roll over care worn Germany to learn
 that he has fooled the world with a
 story that he intended to go to work.
 Even in his exile he has not forgotten
 his people, crrinG though they may be.
 They will appreciate the stupidity, the utter lack of subtlety in the enemy peoples that has led them to swallow whole a story so obviously ridiculous.
 No, to drop for the moment the sportiNe mood, it is not business upon which his thoughts arc bent. It is culture. I'm fond of culture' he says, II like good concerts, the opera, thea ters the society of cultured peO-
 pie" In order that he may once more l enjoy these prime requisites of the cul- tured life he longs to return to Ger | many. He will go 10 his estate in 1 Silesia and live there as a private cit izen p1ucking such blossoms or culture l as may blow therea bouts or that he 1 may find on an occasional excursion l further efield-say to Berlin. Only ] will the German people have their lit | tie joke. too? RumOr of revolution ] grows daily more inSiStont. Tho pCO-
 pie, the very common people, the pro- 1 letariat, no less, arc uneasy. Will they l rise and take that fair Silesian estate 1 unto themselves for the purpose of raising foodstuffs thereon" That
 would be a joke on Kron Prinz indeed. ! He might have to stay in the fogGN,
 cold island that he finds so trying.
 Even he night have to go into the | pottery business to earn his ilN l bread Still it is nice to think that if 1 that should come 10 pass he, because | of his rare appreciation of joke,
 could join heartily in the general
 laugh. How il would lightcn his daily
 stint at the desk or the llilns.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14
COMMUNICATED.
HOW ABOUT w. $. S.n

May I inquire what has become of the committee in charge of the sale of War Savings Stamps in New Brit ain. The writer is in public busin and makes frequent calls on the bus mess men. but has yet 10 find a single instance where any effort is being made to induce the public to buy these stamps. Is New Britain going to fall down now after having made such a glorious record in the past :? \ great many communities are now selling more stamps than before the arn,istice was signed. Can we not at least give the public an oppor- tunity to buy if they so desire, by having the stamps on sale in pub lie places. Our government is still in need of money.
 "A SALESMAN"
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14
Straw Voting.
Providence Journal.

Not long ago an Indiana ncwSpape tooli a straw vote to determine the trend of sentiment regarding the presidency. On the republican side General Wood pollcd the largest number of votes, with CX-JustiCe Hughes second and long list of other possibilities, trailing off with Mir. Taft, whose followers were nu- m meriCallN negligible.
 Straw votes arc apt 10 be of little value and often are of little interest, but the Indiana result is pra ctica1Iy para1Ielcd by d canvass just made in West Virginia. whore tWcnty-one of the Efty-fiVe republican county com mittee Chairmcn have replied 10 the following questions:
 How many voters. to your personal l<n'owlcdgc favor Mai.-GencraI Leon- ard Wood as the republican Candi- date for prcsidentn How many fla vor Senator Warren F. Harding of Ohior How many favor Representa- tive Simeon D. Tess of Ohio? How many favor Justice Charles F. Hughes of New York? Are there
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14
Widows Relief.
{ Brid CepOrt pOst.)

OASS''
 Connecticut is about to put into practical operation another depart mcnt, one which represents advanced ideas. This is none other than what we may call--the official name not yet at hand--a Widows Relief de- partm ent.
 The creation of this department is in accordance with the law passed at the last session of the General Assembly and it is the one measure which was left of that vastly com prehensite plan presented as a po- ltcal move associated with a bid for state power by the republican leaders of this section in 1917.
 A commission of public welfare was then created and it reported back to the 1919 General Assembly. The mothers pension provision was one that was more or less encoura ged. The lawmakers took it up and ap- proved of it, making an appropria- ton with which to begin the humane aid.
 Colonel Robert c. Eaton of North Haven has been selected a. adminis- trator for the department, and the governor could hardly have made a better selection. The colonel com pines sound business sense with a kindly disposition. Much of the sue cess of the administration will de pend upon a degree of sympathy tempered by business restra int.
 The object of the law is 10 aid widows with children under sixteen years of age who arc in real need of assistance And this does not mea n that women who will not help them = selves to a degree will be aided. The law does not propose to encOura ge dependency. It's purpose is to aid mothers 10 bring up their children 10 be useful citizens.
 It will be necessary in order to Ob- tain aid to comply with the rules and regulations of the department. Care will be taken to prevent aid going to those who do not really need it,
 Those families which seek aid must show that they have bcCn doing III that was possible to get along. Then. too. the recipient of states aid will have 10 comply with reasonable rules and rcculations The object of these requirements will bc the improNeme en1 of the family and the maintenance ot a standard of living that is in accord with good citizenship.
 It will no doubt take time to round out the operations of the departm cnt That ii will work for the good ot the real needy is certain.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14
IT ISN'T YOUR TOWN: IT'S YOU.
(Topeka Capita1.)

tTOpeka Ca pital.) If you want to live in the kind of a Like the kind of a town you like, You needn't slip your clothes in q
 grip And start on a long, long hike. Nou'll only find what you left behind, For there's nothing that's really new. It's knock at yourself when you
 knock your town, It isn't the tOWn-it's you. Real towns are not made by men
 afraid Lest som obodH else get ahead When everyone works and nobody
 ShirkS You can raise q town from the dead. And if while you make your personal Your neighbors can make one, too, Your town will be what you want to
 see, It isn't the tovn~--it'5 you.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14
: -
 VoPGeP

Republican National Committee con- ferrod with the woman's executive committee in Washington and invited the woman voters to enter the man agcmcnt of the Republican national organization, not as a fades aid so- cicty,' but to be really "one' with them, until death should them part.
 The very first action Of the Republi- cans in the senate was an effort to bring the suffrage amendment up in that body for a vote. The delay was occasioned by a few of the antis on the Democratic side. But the Repub- licans are standing. firmly behind the measure now and passage is expected in a very few days.
 A whirlwind courtship, the women have been experiencing the last tive weeks. ..r ... ..a
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14
Another Probe EiZZlcS.
(Meridcn Journal )

The country has not been taught to have much faith in congressional in vestigations and that opinion is borne out by the tizzling of the most recent probe attempted by the senate Ap- parently there was q serious leak from Paris that permitted the peace treaty to get here secretly before the senate had seen it. Now ii is learned that there is no leak and that the man who was shown the treaty Senat or Lodge, saw it through the courtesy of Elihu Root.
 Congressional investigations frc- qucnt1N have this result. or so it seems to us, IS we look back over the his tory ot such previous cffcrts hN our national legislature. Either they are not properly mana Ged, or else they are turned into a farce by the speed that the probers use and the lack of judgment employed It is too bad some day there may be need of real investigation and the nation will have little faith in the ability. or earnestness of congress 10 carry it through.
 There should be no probe started unless there is absolute evidence that one is needed. Then that should he carried through, SOlcmnly. earnestly and to the end. There should be no opportunity given for the thing to . fizzlc out and there should be no looseness in the proceedings.
 As it is n W when congressional investigations are mentioned folks shruG their shoulders and smile at the effort. It is not becoming to the dignity of our senate and house of representatives
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14
others favored in your county?

others favored in your county? If so, who?
 The reports give these results: Wood 760. Hughes 339, Harding 225, Fess 21, Pershing so, Knox }, Taft 75. Sutherland 1.
 Obviously the form of the ques- tiOn favored General Wood. Ob- viously, also, if other names had been definitely included in the que ries 9 proportionately wider distri- button in the answers would have been invited. But even so, three facts are indicated by these Indiana and West Virginia polls-that Gen eral Wood has many admirers, that MT. Hughes still has a strong sup port, and that eN-Presidcnt Taft is distinctly out of the running.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14
The Cost of Stimulating Interest dn.
 the Liberty Loans.
(NeW York Sun


 We have received a letter from citizen who keeps an eye on govern ment expenditures:
 To the Editor of The Sun-Slr. I have just read that the govern ment spent s29.7S3.7 768 to sell the 3,815.77S,SOO worth of bonds in the first four issues. Will you d please explain why the expense was so great?
 EDGAR M. CLOSSEY. WinSted. Conn, June 12.
 The expense seems great because all amounts of money in the millions appear large. But the millions must be placed beside the billions for com parison. Then it is seen that the cost of advertising and other methods of stimulating interest in the Liberty Loans came to less than One-siNth or 1 per cent. of the loans themselves. Reduced to the simplest concrete ex- ample, it cost between 1 , and 16 cents to sell a hundred dollar bond.
 If we assume that there are 22,- 0O0.O0O homes in the United States, the cost of acquainting each one with the purpose and value of the bonds was little more than a dollar. If We assume that 15.0OO,0O0 persons bought bonds, then the missionary work was a little less than $2 a head. The value of stimulation is proved by the steady rise in the number of sub scriptons to the loans, by millions of signatures: first loan, four; second loan. ten; third loan, seVenteen; fourth loan, tWenty-One.
 A great part of the credit was due of course 10 persons and publications that supported the loans without charge but the steady advertising campaign of the treasury department l brought good results at a low rate.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14
The Wood Candidacy.
CNcw Haven JOurnal-COuricr

(NCW Haven JOurna OurlCr.)
 The rumors which have been flying thick and fast through newspa per cir cles for many months with regard to the plans of the friends and admirers of Major Gen. Leonard Wood and the presidency arc fast taking form. They are no longer making any secret of their plans They are out to nominate him for that high office at the re- publican convention next year.
 We arc very far from sure that the friends Of this distinguished soldier arc wise in their enthusiasm. We are not so sure as they that war in1u- cnces will control the political dcsti- nics of the presid dcntial campaign a year from November. The nomination of a man because he is a soldier is not the best possible assurance of sutcess Tho nomination of a soldier with T CrieNancC is no assurance at all. At the present moment the friends of
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

The bankers are missing few oppor- tunties to draw their dividends from the profits which have been piing up with Wall Street SpeCulatOrs within the past few months. Call money went to twelve per cent yesterday with the consequent curbinG of speculative ac- tivity. It was a question with many of dumping the stocks that they were carrying on close margin and say ing what they could from the wreck A number of reasons arc given as the cause of the sudden advance in price of loans. One of them is the belief that the Federal Reserve banks are cndeaNoring 10 curb Spcculat ton by this means. Another is that the income tax instalmcnts arc almost due and sufficient funds must be The use of the stock market as a reservoir for surplus funds, by the strong market but the possibilities for big losses when the banks wish 10 withdraw some of their funds from the supply have been proven twice in eleven days. Speculation will be limited if there is q prospect of re- currcnCe5 of this kind.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

Over two miles a minute was aver aged in flight from Boston to the aviation field at EIazelhurst, l.. T.. re- land Four. Commuters of the next generation should have a little moro time with "wifey" in the morning.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

Holland has refused to agree to aid the Allied blockade against Germany should the Hun refuse to sign the peace docum ont With other border ing nations also refusing as most of them have it appears that Germany
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

will have plenty of sources through which to import. The question IS, Where will she get the goods to inl- port? Not from her friendly neigh bors who are little better off than herself
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14
SAVING AGAIN.

further rider has been tackled an agricultural bill which has reported favorabIy before it's mittee in the Senate calling for ,epeaI of the daylight saving plan, live after the clocks are turned lext October. Previous acts to Leffect have not met with success, he opponents of the plan arc not up in their efforts to block the Is of an hour Of daylight every Euments on the scheme have
 many, pro and con. The prin-
 opposition has been recorded
 the rural districts. where the Er has insisted on setting his clock
 the sun and, therefore, getting
 hour later by the clock. He out of doors and docs certain |rt of labor each day, no matter time it is, but he insists upon
 fng the hours of the. city
 r, who has found the additional
 of daylight, after his work is
 h, of great benefit The factory
 c and the office man will agree
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

The British must have overlooked something. They failed 10 provide ill the peace treaty that the author of the Hymn of Hate should sing Rule Britannia" in Cologne Cathedral Galveston News.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

|sued daily Sunday excepted) at 4:15 ID. m, at Herald Building, CT Church St. $500 Year
 a2.00 Three Months.
 75c a Month
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

One reason why it is costing Ger many more than it otherwise would 10 settle for the war is that her prom ises cannot be taken at Bostou Ira nSCript.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

Entered at the Post Office at New Britain
 as Second Class Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

The president tells congress what it should do just as if if were still dem OCratic.--Syracuse Post Standard
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

Bomb carriers are said to have worn rubber heels. No indjca ton that they had souls has thus far been discovered Springfield News.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

The British must have overlooked something. They failed to provide in the peace treaty that the author Of the Hymn of Hate should sing Rule Britannia in Cologne Cathedral Dallas News.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

Maybe the Germans have fifty bill lions of loot laid away to pay the proposed reparation charges.-B Buffa - To Comm erCial.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14
Britain Herald.

HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, Proprietors.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14
FACTS AND FANCIES.

With the incomplete treaty enl- ba lme ed in the Congressional Record, it is at least safe from readers.-Nev York World
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

The senate claims to he 8 treaty. ma king body, but so far as the cas- ual observer cal discern it is q body that perfunCtorily delegates Constitu- tional questions to state legislatures for deCision.--Cincinnati Tim Star.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

To the German editors it seems awful to separate small portions of German territory from it's ancient allegiance without a, plebscite. But we don't recall that they ever offered a plebisCite to Belgium.--Dallas News.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

TELEPHONE CALLS BuS1neSS On1Ce 5zo
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

Prohibition will render the inspec- ton of suit cases for liquor unneces- sary But they may have to be watched for namite.-Was shington Star.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

The only profitable advertising medium in
 the city. Circulation books and press room always open to advertisers,
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

As 8 hlunder the promulga ton of the league of nations as a campaign issue would do credit to Burlcson.- Toledo Blade.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

To put if another way, the Big Four have been bothered a lot in pulling off the main tent perform anCe by having to suppress riots in the side Manchester Jnion
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

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New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

NooneN's pretended cha pions ta K about everything except the one vital thing, namely, whether or not he planted the internal machine. His case has become football of agi- tators who seek to prom ote favorit- isms.-NeW York Tribune.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

Those who are demanding the res ignation of Postmaster General Rurle- son would ascertain by investigation that in the bright lexicon of dem oc- racN there is no such word as resign. --HOust on POSt.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

We wonder if among the "experts' who guide the judgment of the peace commissioners there is one who ha. ever heard of the relations of the human equation 10 both human and economic progress-New Haven Jour nal-Courier.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

MeXico's presidential candidates are getting to be almost as militant as those in the United States senate- Newark News
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

The fact that "NC'" as now prom inentlN displayed means "Navy-Cur- tiss' is slight disa ppointm ent to numerous loyal North Carolinians.-- Washington Star.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-14

If England should have an oil boom, the war debt would melt ava y like a sumner cloud and Carranza would be told to keep his oil--Port- = land Oregonian.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-03-13
SEVENTEEN.YEAR
LOCUSTS ARE DUE.
This Year Is Expected
To Be One OF The
Worst on Record.

Great swans of the seventeen
year locus. will infcst the United
States in lac May and early June ,hlN
year, which !, expected by scientists
to be one u tie wors. locust years
on record Experts Of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture, however, see
nothing alarming in the prospect.
Once regarded superstitiously as a
harbingcr Of disaster, the periodical
cidada, popularity known as the seven
teen year locust because IL comes Mt
long intervals, is seen now to be no
more than an ordinary non-poisonous
insect pest, which can do little dam
age II proper precautions are taken.
The chief injury inflicted by the in
sect consists almost wholly in chiscl-
ing grooves in the branches Of trees
for depositing eggs. Young fruit
trees sometimes are killed, but the
damage generally seems greater than
it actually is. according to the entori-
ologists. and popular alarm is out Of
proportion TO the real danger.
Suggested precautionary measures