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New Britain herald., 1919-05-15
ORGANIZING THE SEN .ATE,.

Nomination Of Senator Albert E 8Cummins Of Iowa for president pro Htem by the Republicans is a victory For the Progressive element within s'he party. It is first blood in the series of skirmishes that is anticipat Hed before organization has been com- Hpleted Senator CUmmins is opposed zto reactionary theories of govern ment and is regarded as a man with @ Twentieth century ideas.
 It is now almost certain that inc Progressive ~ fight against Senators 8PenHose and Warren will he carried to 1.-the floor of the upper house. If the E SProgressiVes remain unified they will have sufficient strength to prevent the former from becoming Chairman of { the Finance Committee and the latter # Chairman Of the Appropriations Com mittee. IN is barely possible that the Proposition to Penrose and Warren will 8 trickle away in view of the fact that the regulars, throu@;h their support of N Senator Cummins. show an inclinat ton to compromise for the sake of har- < mony.
 Discussion concerning the League E of Nations indicates that the Rcpubli- < can majority will insist on further A amendments to tho covenant. Scna- tor Borah has his sleeves rolled Up to bring about this end but his influence ' is decidedly uncertain.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-15
NC BOAT \ WAR MACHINE.

The revelation by Assistant Secrc- tary Roosevelt of the Navy Depart ment that the NC hydroairplanes on which world attention is focused were originally dcsigncH for war purposes and not fer u spectacular flight across arm of. 5oattlc prepared as a surprise for the Germans. America has been reading with intense interest since the signing of the armfstice of the novel machinery of warfare planned and completed bL the government. Big guns fhaE would outrarSe and out smash tIRc cream of the German artil- lery would have been on the western front this spring. Tons of gas, a few cylinders of which would have wiped out entire cnemy cities, were in pro mateIy have crushed Germany to her knees. /
 For every device built and em- ployed by the Hun. the United States was bu2id1nS another to match lt.\And had the war not ended, the U-boat would have found in the NC boat a rivat1 capa ble of striking a mortal ? blow. The terror of the sea would have been forced to duel with the ter TOT of tho air. The ocean bed would have been the only safe place for it tc E turk. The engines of American inge- nuity were working smoothly and the knowledge that American brains were set on making America's might might fer probably had it's effect on the lead :. CTS of Germany's military forces. Ger
 many sowed Gra sonS' teeth and the
 crop was springlng up about her ant
 hemming her in.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-15
SITUATION ABROAD .
 IS TOLD IN BRIEF
German Refusal Will Me0t With
 Prompt Action
(By the Associated rrcSa)

Germany has met with another re- buff from the council of four Of the peace conference in the effort her pieni potentiaries at Versailles are making to secure alterations in tht peace treaty by setting forth .iec- tions in a series of rotes.s
 The council has refused to consider the note sent by inc Germans regard ing international Ia bor legislation and in a long note states the reasons why such consideration is not giTen.
 Belief that the terms of the treaty meet the objections the Germans pro- fess to desire is set forth and the de fects in the German plan arc pointed out
 Vigorous measUrcs that will be an immediate result or refusal of the Germans to sign the peace treaty have been planned by the council. Marshal Foch, commander in chief of the allied armies, is now on the Rhine front and dispatches state that he will take such action as is neces- sary in the event of the failure of the enemy to sign the treaty. 1 An immediate economic blockade of l Germany is also planned as a part of , the program in case continued hostile action against the enemy is considered necessary.
 The Austrian peace mission is now on hand at St, Germain- en- Lave, near 1 Paris, having arrived "Wednesday
 night, and the belief in some quarters
 is that tho peace terms the delegates
 will be asked to sign will be presented
 them within q week. possibly within
 three or four days. The Adriatir
 question, which has so important a 1 bearing on the Austrian treaty, has not vet been adjusted, however, and
 this fact may serve to delay the pre-. i scntation of the terms.
 Meanwhile there arc reports that 1 strong Italian forces have been landed
 at the ports of Sara and Sebenico, rn 1 the Dalmation coast between Plume
 and Spalato. These forces a re said to
 have moved inland aMd to be rortify- 1 ing strategic points.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-15
MUST RETAIN GERMAN SHIPS.

Great Britain has sent out a num- Der of polite feelers to sound public sentime ent on a program under which the captured German shipping would be pooled and distributed according to Allied aSer rti inc losses. This is obvi- ously eT attempt to gain some of the large German vessels seized by the United States
 X few days ago a. table was pub lished in which statistics of ship de- struCtion were presented. Great Britain's losses were the heaviest of the world by a. large margin and the United States was well down the list But this should not have any bearing g on the final allocation of tonnage. The German ships seized in American ports must remain under the flag of the United States. To dispose of them
New Britain herald., 1919-05-15
DRINK CURES NEEDED
 AT LEAST ONE YEAR
Officials of Institutions Run for This Purpose Say That They Will Cease
 Operations About That Time.

Chica go, May 15.-PlaOS are being drink cure institutions to discontinue business with the coming of national prohibition, according to officials of institutions here. X few of the pla Ces may continue indefinitely as drug cure sanitariuns, but a large majority is expected 10 close within a year.
 James E. Bruce, an official of d drink cure corporation that advertises it has cured more than 800, 900 victims of alcohol, said the prohibition wave had for some time caused decreased business.
 We figure there will be no need fot our institutions fter the country goes dry'' he said "HoWeVer. we expect business to increase for a few m ths right after prohibition becomes effec- tive. But after that it will rapidly decrease.
 "A few years ago we had 60 branches in operation throughout the country. Today we have 26. Drug cases constitute about ) per cent. oc our business. the mum Der heinz about the sa as before the Harrison anti drug law went into effect five years ago But we do not think it would pay to continue treating drus cases alone.
 Adoption of bone-dry prohibition hy a number Of states has decreased business in many sections. Pusin ess also fell off during the war but last fall if picked up again at about the time of the influenza epidemic and has been fairly good ever since"
 An official of one of the oldest chains of drink cures in the country expressed the view their institutions would remain open for at least a year after the coming of national prohibit ton. He admitted that beyond that the future was uncertain. Two years a go this concern operated 50 branches Today the number has been reduced to fewer than 20. He said a few of the branches might be continued per- manently for drug users who, since the passing of the Harrison anti-lav. "are confined largely to the wealthy class and residents of the underworld. .'
New Britain herald., 1919-05-15
Railroad Wages Not Excessive.
Springfield Republican,


 Railroad ages as a lump sum have not been advanced excessively, in view of general economic conditions, for the Railway Age testfies that the average increase made to all officers and employees up 10 the end of Janu ary had been AS per cent.' Some ad- vanCes made since then carry the average increase up above 90 per cent, but not much above it. If rail road wages have increased by one half under government control, the increase no more than covers the rise in prices or the cost of living.
 It is necessary to face this aspect of the railroad problem. Defamation against railroad employees or their or ganizations because they have forced jncrea ses in ages under the circum- stances. can only result in making railroad Ia bor oppose the return of the roads to private mana cement and align all labor organizat tions on the same side.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-15

in number of men returning, that the university has ever had. Announce ment is made that no less than 36 classes will have headquarters estah- lshed about the campus-and each week adds to the number. Even now the problem of where the returning grads shall sleep is a question which is perplexinS not only the university authorities but the class reunion com
 mittees as we'll. The construction of the Memorial Quadrangle removed accomm rotations which had been used for years Today there is not a room in the dormitories which has not been assigned, while the quest for houses for headquarters and dormitories has already led the late corners far atield
New Britain herald., 1919-05-15
WATCHING THE TICKER.

If Wall Street can be accepted as accurately presaeing the future, the era of prosperity is rushing nearer with the speed of comet. Nearly all stocks are higher than a few weeks ago and some of them have made noteworthy gains. Wall Street has the uncanny faculty of forecast ing coming events and it apparently believes that the signature Of the German delegates to Paris will not long be delayed. As the Springfield Republican points out: The msrket represents the composite opinion of Anerica's shrewdcst business mems judgment" and takes it for granted that with all the buster tho sigma lures will not be omitted from the dotted Iinc".
 Railroad stocks arc strengthening under the belief that action favor will be taken at the special session of Congress. Oil stocks are dancing on the heights, and some of the shares in this list have made enorm ous gains. And copper, which has been extrem e. ly quiet, is expected to go forward soon
 Anticipation of industrial success locally may be noted in the steady creep upward of New Britain stocks Dealing is increasing, the opinion ex- isting that factories will soon be working to full capacity and money will be plentiful.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-15
(reymany's State Of Mind.
(Nev York Evening Post)

The present state of mlnd Ot ter many is a necessary consequence ol that of five years ago. Her people mad
 for two generations been drugged
 with false teachings. Now We see how the poison has impaired the whole
 mental and moral makeup. Taught
 to consider themselves not only nYln-
 cib!e and destined to world mastery
 but also as the finest flower of clVll-
 ization, the delight of the human race,
 the chosen Of the Almighty, the Ger
 mans could not in few months come
 to believe it possible that they should
 be both beaten and despised ana
 brought near the verge of ruin. They
 had been told that if they did not g1rd on the sword and go forth 10 con- nuer the world they would be Tn dah- ger of Niedergang, but now that Niedergang has come they refuse to admit it. What. we the very apex o' civilization to be tunlbled into the abyssr Impossible! Hence the tears and walls at the very thought. A people that four years ago was di9- playing what the Greeks called huor'S m eaning a defiance of the gods sure to lead to condign punishment-sho"s itself today bysterical and mean { spirited in disa ster. The two frames l of mind go together with perfect naturalncSs.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-15
Inc End Of a Wild Idea.
est. Paul Pioneer-Press)


 The announcement that the great war vessels Of the German fleet are not to be sunk but are to be allotted later among the Allies will be greeted with sa tisfaction. The proposition to send them to the bottom of the sea was, from the start. a chim erlcal con- ception. Possibly they will not be wanted again for fighting purposes and possibly they are unsuited for that in the other navies of the world. But some use surely can be found for them and if not, they can be disnlantled for the utilization of the material.
 Enough property has been sWal- lowed up forever in the hurricane of war. And it would be absurd to claim that there is no way of disposing of the fleet without sinking 1t. There must be WAY and a profita ole way Let this way be found and an inde-
New Britain herald., 1919-05-15
@s MIR. WILLARD IS ANGRY.


 that President Wilson did not select Oswald Garrison Willard, editor ol fhc Nation", as a delegate to thc Peace Conference. Mr. Willard Wouid have drafted terms of far ulltercht nature than those presented to the German plcnipotcntiarics. He Woul" have slapped them on the knucklcs and bombarded them with cream puffs, so it may be assumed from an editorial he writes and publishes Tn tho current issue of his magazine.
 Jumping into the middle of his subject, MT. Willard says:
 In the whole history of, diplo-
 macy there is no treaty more
 properly to be regarded as an
 international crime than the
 amazing document which the
 German representatives arc now
 asked to s1Gn.
 Mr. Willard overooks the fact that criminals must be dealt with severely. Rather than being an international crime, the treaty is drawn up with the object of making international crime impossible. Continuing, he says;
 The hcinousncss of it's offend-
 ing, the calculating harshnesS ot
 it's demands and impOsitlons, the
 gross populations of moral ohl1-
 cations and good faith which 1t
 involves, it's gross injustice to the
 Allied peoples themselves and to
 their moral standing, becomes
 only the more apparent as it's
 terms are studied. It is a peace
 of vengeance. not of justice. It
 will not restore Germany to tho family of nations; it will destroy Germany as a great power. Headers arc urged 10 rcn,cm Der that this is not a statement from Ber- lin. It is pronouncement by an American in an American magazine. Let us proceed-it is interesting:
 How Mr. Wilson has repaid the
 confidence which the people gave
 him. all the world now knows.
 The one-timc idol of democracy
 stands today discredited and con-
 demned. His rhetorical phrases,
 torn and faded tinsel of a thought which men now doubt if he him self ever really believed, will
 never again fall With hypnotic charm upon the ears of eager multtudes. The camOuhacc of ethical pre- cept and political philosophizing which for long blinded the eyes of all out the most observing has been stripped away, and the { peoples of the world sec revealed 1 not d friend faithful to the last hut an arrogant autOCrat and 1 compromising politician. 1 For a rigorous peace the world was already somewhat prepared. But it was not prepared for peace of undiseuiscd vengeance, for a peace which openly Bouts some of the plainest dictates of
 reason and humanity, repudiates every generous word that Mir. Wilson has ever uttered regard ing Germany. flies~in the face Of accepted prin ciples of law and economics, and makes tho very
 name of dem ocracy a reproach.
 Adiectives. adjectiveS the world is full of adjectives. They drip from Mr. Villard.s fountain pen and iron | the quills of tho German politicians MT. Willard ght impress a grea { many moro people if it were not fo1 the fact that in a speech he made l. Tuesday night at Brooklyn, he adVo f cated soviet form of governmen for the United States. That is sui Gcient tO c1a icV him
New Britain herald., 1919-05-15

otherwise would be flying in the face Of Providence. We need them TOT lhN expansion of our comm ercial h"\H' We need them as the nucleus o' ''" fleet that is to carry made in AmeT'- ca goods to every shore and every cline. We sympathize with H'c"' Britain over her losses but It "o''" be diSloyal to our own interests IT we were to surrender any of the 'fe'l''f'' vessels we now have.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-15
The 1919 Yale Reunion.
(Nev Haven Register)

tNeN Haven ReglslefJ
 For two years now New Haven mas missed the annual visit Of the reunion classes which have been a picturesque e feature of each commenceme ent as well as 8 striking indication of the love or Yale remaining in the hearts of those men who have gone out into the "orIo to spread the spirit of light and trntH. But this year will see the greatest re, union, both in mum Der of classes alo
New Britain herald., 1919-05-15
THE. AMERICAN SOLDIER.

Two pictures of the American sol dier found their way into print in the Waterbury Republican, yesterday. They were in adjacent columns but there their relations ceased. One is the opinion of Charles P. Taft, son of ex~President Taft, who does not hold was quoted correctly. The other was the view of Lieutenant James $. Hur- ley, who attended the convention of the American Legion at St. Louis.
 This IS what MT, Taft says:
 The army is made up of crabs.
 If a fellow has a soft job he's
 kicking because he hasn't any
 thing to do. If he's got lot of
 work he's pecved. If he's in this country he's mad because he can't get across. When he's in training he's sore because he cant get 10 the front and when he's at the front he thinks he ought to be relieved. It's just one universal kick all the time, but
 that kick makes tho fighter, and there you are.
 O1 the other hand. Lieutenant Ftur ley says the American soldier is "aliv, and sane" and is a real and sount American
 We believe Lieutenant Hurley ha ] the proper perspective,
New Britain herald., 1919-05-15
LIST OF NEW BOOKS AT THE INSTITUTE

AIICF,-SIT EI THE FIRE, by NJ
 Barrie.
 AMERICAN PROBLEMS OF RE CONSTRUCTIONS, edited by F.. NJ
 Friedman.
 A national symposium on the eco homie and financial aspects.
  BOLSHENISM, by John Sparso
 The enemy of political and indus trial democracy.
 The orthodox socialist view. HOHENZOLLERNS IN AMERICA
 AND OTHER IMPOSSIBILITIES
 by stephen Leacock IN TIFF; WlLDS OF SOUTH AMERl-
 CA, by l.. F.. Miller.
 Thc IunGleS and mountains of South Amer become a land Of TO- nance in these beautifully written de- scriptions of the little known peoples and animals. The travels were under taken under the auspices of the Amer ican museum of natural history of New York city. L. A. Booklist. PRESIDENT WILSON, translated
 from the French of Daniel Halevy. SERVICE AND SACRIFICE, poems
 by C. k. Robinson WAY TO VICTORY. by Philip Gibbs
 Homo and Health. ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES
 by C. ". Dulles.
 Suggestions embody results of lat est knowledge gained during the war. simple. clear directions and illustra- tions. "A. l.. A. Booklist AMERICAN COUNTRY GIRL, by M F. Crow. ART OF INTERIOR DECORATION, by G. Wood and F. Burbank
  ATHLETES ALL, by Walter Camp. HOME AND COMMUNITY HY- GIENE. by Jean Broadhurst. For nurses, teachers and mothers, this approaches the subject from the standpoint of the homo maker. "A. 1 l.. A. BooI<liSt l HOME, AND ITS MANAGEMENT, by VI. Fl. Kittredgc. "A book of sensible Instruction on 1 the cleanliness of the househOld the ! care of children and invalids, the pur- chasing and preparing of food the making of infants garments and the selection of furnishings. Has over one hundred pages of receipts and ! cooking instructions. LA. l.. A BOoklist 1 HOME CANNING, DRYING AN r 1 PRESERVING, by Mrs. \. L. An i drea. A good recipe book by an authori- l ty.
 INFERIOR DECORATION FOR MODERN NEEDS. by A. r. Wright 1 MORE RECIPES FOR FIFTY: by F l.. Smith. "All recipes tested by questioning practical? economical? attra ctive . were worked out in the school of do 1 mestic science, Boston. IA. l.. A ! BOo>HSt.
 THIS VANISHING WORLD, by A. W ] McCann. Food folies that nlaim and kill the
New Britain herald., 1919-05-15
FACTS AND FANClES.

Herr Ebert and other Germans V1o- lentlN assail ''peace of violence. Well, it was a war of violence, wash | il ?--New York World.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-15
HERITAGE.

The years have brought me all my
 hearts desire,
 Tho turf roofed hut beside the
 wInd swept screcs, My soodmans hand in mine before
 the frye,
 The child of ours asleep upon my
 knees. And vet, despite, my heart is aching, At the sudden note of shylarks far a-Wing, At the splash of upland burnsides
 March ava ak1rg.
 And the first, soft, wind blown mu-
 sic Of the spring. Before the door our new n'bed
 nocks slow sraze. The ca ken cupboard yield full
 store of food. And sure enough Of plenty lights our To still one restless heart to gratt
 Jude. And yet-ah, hark-thc moorland
 ponies neiGhing
 By the turning where the broodinS
 tents are set And through the furze a band of syp-
 sieS strayine
 With zithcr song and leaping cas-
 taner. A mask I fain must set before my When wakes the first faint whisper of the spring, And trail borne echoes, and sott, smoke blurred skies Set all my gypsy soul a-hungering For see-ah, God--the white roads pleading. pleading, With the shadows of the lafF wings high a-swerve. | Through the heather and the bracker vagrant leading l To the land of Wandered Hearts beyond the curve. MARTHA H. CLARK, in Scribners Magazlne
New Britain herald., 1919-05-15

ns only pronta bie advertising medium Tn the city. Circulation books and press room always open to advertisers
New Britain herald., 1919-05-15

rich and the poor, that cheat the growing child and rob the prospective i mother of health-and the remedy.
 Farming BOTANY OF CROP PLANTS ,v w
 W. Robbins.
 WrlttcN to meet a. growing demand [ for a book which will give the studen, knowledge of the botany of common orchard. garden and field crops should pave the way for a more ade- quate study from the standpoint of agriculture and horticulture. Set cncc. ! f-AI1iNIEW IDEA, by Herbert Quick.
 "tr-to- date farming ideas in story fornl."
 FERTILIZERS AND CROPS: or, The
 Science and Practice of rlant Feed
 ing, by L. L. Van Slyke. FRUIT GROWING FOR AMATEURS
 by H. H. Thomas.
 KEY TO THE LAND by r. F. Rock
 well.
 What city man did with 8 small farm,
 PkINCTPLES AND PRACTICE OF
 PRUNING, by NJ, C. Rains,
 "COmprehensiNc technical treat ment, embodyine: results of later in vestigations than any other. "A. L. A. ! Booklist. VEGETABLE GARDEN; what, when
 and how to plant. CHALLENGE TO SIRIUS, by sheila
 Kaye Smith
 "Thc challenge to Sirius is the . challenge of life to the great indiffeT- erence typified by the stars which a country child used to watch The story is welt told, with good char acter drawing, but is descriptive and rather slow moving. "A. l.. A. Book list.
 : CHANGE TO LIVE, by Zoe Beckley,
 with a foreword by Kathleen Nor
 ris.
 ; "A story Of life of the respectable : poor in New York's east side. , A first book of woman journalist v ; A. L. X. Bookhst. : CIVILIZATION, 1914-1917, by George : Duhamel
 Poignant, masterly sketches writ ten by an army surgeon who, in his grief for the enOrnlity of war suffer- ing, wishes to bring us deliberately to ! weigh our pitiful so-called ciViliza- ! ton. Their irony is wholly sympathetic and ofen touched with hunlor Written by the author of The l now book of martyrs.' This rollec- ton won the Goncourt prize Of 1915. A. l.. A. Booklat. ! I'LAIL, hv x. A. Fuessle. "How a German American became i all- American
 LILIES WHITE AND RED, by F. ". HEard.
 NURSE BENSON, by J. II. Mccarthy
 and R. C. Carton.
 "A cha rming novel founded on the ! play which is scheduled for early stage production in America.'-A l. A. Booklist.
 SAGEBRUSHER, by Emerson Hough
New Britain herald., 1919-05-15

Roman geography resolutelH seeks to designate the Adriatic as large body Of water almost entirely sur rounded by Washington Staf'
New Britain herald., 1919-05-15

2 he Herald will he found on sale at Hota- ings News Stand, 42nd St. aYd Broad way. New York City: Board Walk At. t&ntic Citg, and Hartford Depot
New Britain herald., 1919-05-15

''Foch Returns 10 the Front Line Today.' Just as a reminder to Ger many that she'd better put her Sle- nature to the dotted line.-bos1oh Transcript.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-15

Member oR tho Associated Press. sNhe Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the for republication of all news credfte" to 1t 1T not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news
 published hereln
New Britain herald., 1919-05-15

Hntereo ae the Post once at New Britain
 as Second Class Mali Matter.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-15

fensihle sacrifice of property be aVerted
New Britain herald., 1919-05-15

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