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New Britain herald., 1919-06-04
If They Meet at St. Louis.
(New York Tim es)

St. Louis is the second best conven- ton city in the United States, Chicago being the best It seems likely that Chicago will lose both conventions next year, despite her eminent quail :ications, because neither party will want to run the political risk of seem- ing to ignore the attitude toward Ger many, the hostility to France and the anta gonism to the war which Chi cago's mayor, William Hale Thomp son, displayed both before and during our participation in that struggle. So long as Thompson had nothing but pre-war election to justify him in pre-
 tending to represent Chicago. other cities merely pitied her; but when she ratified him and his doings and say
 ings by re-electing him, she made her
 self responsible for him. The note to be struck next year will be that of loyalty to the Union and pride in the achievements of our men, and, there
 fore, despite the splendid record of Chcago's soldiers, the two parties shrink from offering a complime ent to the city that elected and then re- elected Thompson.
 The republicans according to our Washington dispatches, are likely to offer the compliment to St. Louis. St. Louis used to be regarded as & poor town for political conventions, because of the big, hot barn in which she damned her visitors, the impossi
 bility of seeing or hearing anything unless one stood or sat directly be- heath or alongside the orator, and the scattered hotels, each some distance from the conN tion hall. But St. Louis has now built the best conVen- tion hall in tho United States the only one of which it can be said that everybody in it can see and hear. The democrats tried it in 1916 and found it to be nearly perfect for comfort and for the acceleration of work.
 The political reason given for choosing St. Louis is that the Far West is now fighting ground. The election of 1916 was a revela tion. It showed that the balance of power was inclining westward, and the turn ing of the scale by California was the final proof of it. Of course, St. Louis is not very far west Most Pacific Coast people regard it as being about have a way of regarding the Missis- .sippi River as the center of the coun- i try, but it is far east of the center i and the time is coming when Illinois | and Indiana will no longer be called Middle Western but Eastern States, when to establish the fact that you
New Britain herald., 1919-06-04

nent places has been arranged also a banquet and services at which time each one who has been in the army or navy will be presented with a medal. Civic and fra ternal organizations will be represent ed in the parade. Friday night, pre- ceding the affair proper, there will be memorial services for the World war dead. It is stated that s1,2O0 will be spent in decorating the business sec tion of the city.
 New Britain has been gradually as- similating her sons who went to war for several months past. A surprising number of the $500 odd who went
 away have already returned to their homes and many more will be in
 "blighty" soon. Plans for the recep-
 ton here should not be forgotten
 while this assimilation is going on and the city should be sure that, when the l time comes our boys should be so
 treated that they will never forget It. A monster welcome means gRPt deal to the boys and to their parents, thus it is of great indirect benefit to | the city at large. Modesty, which 1 characterizes tho ma ajority of the 1 World war veterans, will tend to cast
 a damper on plans at the start Most
 of the fighters wish to say nothing | and hear nothing more about the war. I Despite this it will always rankle if l they are not given something to talk 1 about in the future beyond their ac l tual experiences on the battle front. | Needless to say New Britain wishes to | do all she can for her fighters but the
 fact that the homecoming is so grad
 ua1 is liable to cause a lapse in the 1 plans. Do not forget them.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-04
Mir. Wilson's Engagement Book.
(N CIV York Sun.)

N4Ne" Olh Su1l. )
 A correspondent in Paris of the Evening Post, Harold Phelps Stokes, offers concrete proof of Mir. Wilson's activity by submitting a list of the presidents appointm for one day, as follows:
 "11 A. M.-Frince Charoon and the Samese delegation to the peace con- ference.
 "11:3o A. M-Dr. A. Markoff and the Carpatho Russian committee to present the situation in Carpatho- Russia
 ''11:45 A. M.-M. Olivier. president of the National Union of Railway Men of France, to explain the human- itarian and sanitary program of the National Union of French and Bel gian Railway Men.
 "12 M.-J. Jacob, president of the Celtic Circle of Paris. to present an anthology of National Bards and Poets.
 "12:15 P. M.-Dr. Juan Antonio Buero and M. Jacob Varela Acevedo, delegates to the peace conference from Uruguay. '12:30 P. M.-Turk han Pasha, president of the present government of Albania, to present the claims of Albania.
 "12:45 P. M.-Senor Nillegas, ex- Secretary of State Chile, minister of Chine at Rome.
 "2:15 P. M.-Dr. Edward Benes and M. Kramar. to discuss the prob lem of Silesia and the Teschen coal basin.
 "2:3O P. M.-M. Damour, French deputy, chairman of the committed 10 explain the plans for the erection of 8 statue at the mouth of the Gi- ronde river to comm cm crate the ar rival of American troOi in France.
 "2:45 ?. MA delegation from the parliament of Kouban in northern Caucasia
 "3 P. M.-The archbishop of Ire bzond. M. Chrysanthos.
 1915 P. Ex-Governor Manning of South Carolina.
 "33O P. M.-M. Joseph Reinach of the Figaro"
 Two periods of fifteen minutes each, the first at 2:30 D. m. and the second at 3:15 D. m., seem to have had something to do with America or Americans. The remainder of the day was unselfishly devoted to hu- manity.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-04
LABOR OF LOVE BY
 AGED AMERICAN
Five Graves Of Soldiers Faithfully
 Tended by EXpatriate

On the outskirts of Toulouse, i'll cemetery. Five American soldiers are the only ones who sleep there.
 Each day an old man visits the little cem etery to see that the tiny markers stand erect and the green grass and the flowers are cared for in this garden of the brave
 The man is "Daddy' Ford. He is an American, but for ' years he has not seen his native land. The coming of the Tanks aroused his pride in the land of his birth, and now he would claim his citizenship, but his long ab- sence has barred him from citizenship rights.
 Nevertheless "Daddy" Ford has done his bit since America entered the war.
 Ford left the United States disap- pointed in love. Years ago he became a dentist in Toulouse He buried his early romance and married a French girl, now dead.
 He became as one of the people among whom he lived. But when America entered the war Ford put on a suit of khaki and a red, white and blue ribbon. and when the Tanks came to Toulouse he was on hand to greet them in their native tongue.
 His dental parlor was turned into a reception rOOmy where coffee and jam and cigars were handed out to the boys from home. Soon the Red Cross helped him to finance and eX- tend his service.
 When the first American died in a Toulouse hospital, "Daddy' Ford set aside the little plot on the edge of the city for his burial place and today five White crosses and five Am merican flags mark the graves which "Daddy'' Ford keeps green.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-04
RAGS

(By Edmund Vance Cooke) We called him Rags he was Just
 cur,
 But twice, on the Western Line, That little cid bunch of faithful fur Had offered his life for mine. And all that he got was bones and
 and bread,
 Or the leavings of soldier-grub, But he'd give his heart for 8 pat on
 the head,
 Or a friendly tickle and rub. And Rags got home with the regi-
 ment, We'll whether they stole him, or
 whether he went, I am not prepared to say. But we mustered out, some to beer
 and gruel
 And some to sherry and shad, And I went back to theSaWbanes
 School.
 Where I still was an undergrad. One day they hook us budding M. D's. To one of those institutes Where they demonstrate every new
 disease
 By means of bisected brutes They had one animal tackled and tied And slit like Q full-dressed fish, With his vitals pumping away inside AS pleasant as one might wish. I stopped to look like the rest, of
 course,
  And the beasts eyes leveled mine, And his short tail thumped with a
 feeble force
 And he uttered a tender whine. It was Rags, yes Rags! who was mar
 tyred there,
 Who was quartered and crucified, And he whined that whine which IS
 doggish prayer
 And he licked my hand-and died. And I was no better in part nor
 whole Than the gang I was found among And his innocent blood was on the Which he blessed with his dying
 tongue. We'll! I've seen men go to courageous
 death
 In the air, on sea. on land! But only dog would spend his breath In a kiss for his murdercr's hand. And if there's no heaven for love like that, For such four-legged fealty-well. If have any choice, I tell you fiat, I'll take my chance in hell. Copyright, 1919, N. E. A.)
New Britain herald., 1919-06-04

pretty we'll supplied with saloons. one to every 500 inhabitants, or about the same proportion as Bridgeport. Of course a license in the good old "vet'' days was worth a handsome sum in Cleveland and why the fee was so low is a mystery.
 In Bridgeport here, with no threat of prohibition, license under the present restriction would be worth at least calculation s5,000, and the state was charging $750. But that fee would have had a big boost this year if prohibition had not been in sight.
 It was a curious arrangement which turned a piece of paper from a cost of about SITS, including all the fees to a value of S5,000 the instant it. was recorded in the office of the clerk of the superior court
 AS a matter of fact liuuor licenses is said that as high as sS,0OO was once paid for @ license. They have fewer drinking places in the capital and they have refused to allow any addition. Those who held these li- censes made great profits. The holders were not always the retail men. More often the brewers held the string, and that fact by the way, has been one of the assistants for prohibition.
 With Cleveland now "dry'' it stands out as the largest city without a sa- loon. It's population is between 500, 900 and 100000. The experiment will be watched.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-04
Senate and Monroe Doctrine.

il.J
 If the senate should attempt to "in. terpret" the Monroe Doctrine in an amendment or a reservation to the covenant of the league of nations. it's arrOgation to itself of the exclusive right to interpret a national policy should be sharply challenged. The senate should be challenged both by the coordinate branch of congress the house of representatives and by the country.
 The Monroe Doctrine has never been anything but a national polim and congress has never attemped to define it in set terms which would be incapable of modification. The sen- ate's constitutional function in ac4 cepting or rejecting treaties. neso- tiated with foreign countries by the executive, brings to the senate no special or exclusive power to forr1u- late or interpret a policy of the Unit ed States. The house, which more nearly represents the AmericAn people than the senate. may interpret a national policy with as much right as the so-called upper chamber, Any Monroe Doctrine res olution adopted by the senate would need the approval of the house. there fore, to make it in any respect an authoritative declaration of the fnr- eign policy of the United States
 The house has a duty to perform in checking senatorial tendencies to usurpation in the field of foreign rs- lations
New Britain herald., 1919-06-04
LiuuOr Profits,
Bridgeport Evening Post. )

(Brid dgeport Evening Post.)
 One gets some idea of the great profits in liquor selling whether for saloon-keepers or brewers, or both we cannot say. in the recent closing of saloons in Ohio.
 The time for the prohibition law to go into effect was midnight on Mon day. All the licenses in Cleveland expired Saturday. The authorities ruled that saloons could keep open for the other day, but they would have to pay the full license fee of s3o5.
 Out of 1.200 saloons in Cleveland no less than 58 were willing to pay that price in order to sell for a little more than one day.
 It would appear that Cleveland was
New Britain herald., 1919-06-04

Apropos of homecoming celebra- tions for the soldiers and sailors it might be remarked that one boy asked "Why don't you parade all the folks at home and put the doughboys and gobs in the reviewing stand as they go pas+-?' That was his idea of good time. We hardly dare advocate it though we think the town would be wiling.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-04
Steady Habits.
(Waterbury American )

tN dlSIDuly iAH1ol lohhj
 Under the head of "Connecticut Progress" the Philadelphia Record prints the following curious product of ignorance and misunderstanding:
 "In Connecticut, the land of steady habits' the legislature has just passed over the governors veto a bill per uniting moving picture shows on Sunday. Some progress there from the days when a man was fined if proven guilty of the heinous ofense of kissing his wife on Sunday! New England is keeping abreast of the times Here In boss ridden Pennsyl- vania it is still crime for man to go fishing on Sunday"
 . A visitor in Connecticut said he supposed it was the most Purita state in the Union and he found it the widest open. Another comm enta- tor on Connecticut said he had always believed the slurs about our backward ness and conversation, but had found, on investigation, that our legislation was the most progressive in the Union, excepting a few states in the middle WoOlly West, where eXperim ental legislation ran riot. Connecticut suf- fers somewhat from it's traditions The old blue laws, which were partly imaginary and practically ignored and the refusal of the state to repeal laws which are no longer observed got us in bad in history. The repu- tation still clings to us, as this piece of Philadelphia ignorance shows. But Conn ecticut is really more liberal and progressive than any of it's neighbors which are accustomed to sheer at at
New Britain herald., 1919-06-04

are a Middle Westerner you will have to live in Omaha, or at least Des Moines. However, St. Louis is the westernmost city that is equipped to hold a convention. Denver, with the best intentions in the world, proved it's unsuita bility, and so did Kansas City. If the convention does not go 10 Chicago, which has forfeited it, then it may we'll go to St. Louis.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-04
All signs point to an early summer.

Senator Hiram Johnson please note. Switzerland, which honors it's independence and neutrality more than any other country, according to it's statements is planning to recede from the League of Nations. Not be- it's neutrality but because the Swiss do not wish to join in the blockade against Germany.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-04

Social item: The swimming holes were very much in demand among the younger set yesterday. Primitive cos- tunes were the rule.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-04

certain British judge made some unfavorable ments about women of the present day and they came back good and hard at him. He spoke out of his turn that time for sure and certain.-Bridgepo Post
New Britain herald., 1919-06-04
Daylight Saving.
tNew York Herald.

No good reason has been advanced why the daylight saving law should be repealed. Tn the spring of 1917 congress responded to public senti- ment, set the clocks ahead one hour and saved at least 110, 0,o0O,00o golden hours every day for the people of
New Britain herald., 1919-06-04
FACTS AND FANCIES

eS, llIleS dIS DdO, money IS scarce, So far, only s270, 900 worth of seats for the prizefight at Toledo on the Fourth of July have been sold.-Buf- falo Express.
 About the only way you can work up enthusiasm over cornerstone is to let it be known that there is d. bottle of fine old Whiskey hidden in it.-Topeka Capital.
 Hogs have gone down" to s2O25. If a farmer who died 10 years ago reads the quotations in heaven he will grow mesick.-Louisville Cour- ier-Journal.
 Nowhere in America can you hear 8 cheep about the wonders of the therland.-Richm News-Leader,
 With Colonel Isbell back, perhaps. we shall find out what became of hin, after he let Governor Holcomb tell us that our boys were safe across. That dangerous information does not seem
New Britain herald., 1919-06-04
WATERBURY'S WELCOME.

The city of Waterbury is making extensive plans for the official well come to it's soldiers and sailors which is to take place Saturday of this week. A monster parade, in which the |n1QQghboy and goh will occupy promi-
New Britain herald., 1919-06-04

With our new AZ, ,000-ton battleshlps on the ways and a peace covenant that is to do away with war forever, we should be able to sleep O nights With out fear that some other natlon Will gobble us before mornlng.-Bostoh Transcript.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-04

Within a few months men who have not experienced for a long tune the sensation of being absolutely so- Der will begin to realize how goOd so- briety feels.-TOledO Blade.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-04

Essued daily Sunday excepted) at 4:1o D. m, at Herald Building, 67 Church St. $500 a Year. S2.oo Three Months.
 T5c a Month.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-04
TELEPHONE CALLS

Entered at the Post Office at New Britain
 az Second Class Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-04

The only profitable advertising medium in the city Circulation books and press room always open advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-04

Already the league of nations be- gins to pay cash dividends SaVlng the United States a considerable part of $500, ,OOO, 900 in naval expenditure is a pretty fair return to be reckoned before the league is even formed. And there are more practical benefits in sight-NeW York World.
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to have resulted disastrously for the war-only for Isbell.-Hartford Cour- ant.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-06-07
PEACE DRIVE ON
To C|RCUMVENT
GERMAN Baking
Leaders Impatient and
Uneasy, Especially 1t
alians and French.

Paris. June 6.-(By The Associated
Press) - Positive instructions were
issued, tonight, by the council of four,
to all commissions working on the reply
to the German counter proposals, to
complete their reports by Monday.
There are many evidences Of i'm
patience among the prominent members
of the peace conference Premier Lloyd
George, because a division of opinion
and differences among the British ex-
perts working on reparations, is acting
as his own expert and is attending the
meetings of the reparations commission
The Italians are showing great un-
easiness over the unsettled Adriatic
problem, as Premier Orlando insists
that it must be settled before the
Italian parliament meets on June Is
The council of four considered the Adri-
attic problem today, but no decision was
reached.
A general drive all along the line
for speedy completion of the reply TO
Germany has been noticeable the past
two days. The experts have been meet
ing constantly and there is a general
disposition to Wind up diffei ences which,
member of the American delegation
said, would be reaonciled speedily, altho
he admitted that there were three or
four vital points upon which the council
of four seems far from Il decision.
In French official circlces there IS
growing conviction that Germany will
not sign the peace treaty and this prob
ably accounts for the haste, as delay, it
is generally conceded, makes Germany 3
signing less likely.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-06-07
RHENiSH FLAG HOLSTER
BEATEN BY CROWD

Berlin, June Cry the Associated
/ Pressl-Dr. Dorten, who. on June /.
was named as president of the Rhenish
republic, installed himself and his new
cabinet in office at Wiesbaden We'd
nesday.
Reports reaching this city state that
taking advantage of the half holiday
for government employees, he entered
the government building, which had been
proclaimed, as the seat of the new
regime, and took office.
He then ordered a white and green
hoisted, from the roof This was i'm
possible, because the men sent to hoist
the flag could not get into the garret
of the building.
Efforts to unfurl the 33henish repuh-
lie colors attracted huge crowd which.
according to report, surged into the
building and severely beat DR.. Ecker
ensehm1dt, minister of education. The
latter was so seriously injured that he
had to be taken to hospital. President
Dorten hid in the building and escaped
it is declared
Dispatches from Frankfort, regard
ing the setting up Of the self-styled
Rheinish provisional government at
up headquarters in the provincial admin
istration building. Three men comprise
the administrators-Dr. Dorten, the
head Of the movement; Klaus Kraemer,
a grammar school teacher: and Captain
krekel. q provincial officer They were
received boisterously, but We're nor
harmed, because they were accompanied
by French officers.
Kraemer and Krekel ars not known in
Berlin, and neither were members of
the workingmen's organization whose
names were attached to the proclama-
ton of the republic. The organizations
are believed to have been created for the
purpose of the new movement, and ac-
cording to word from the Rhineland, the
genuine labor organizations are striking
and holding meetings in protest against
the republic.
The French authorities. the sdvices
add. issued an order that DR.. Dorten
must be obeyed in his new capacity. and
a strike movement against the change
was quickly broken up when the French
order against it was issued.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-06-07
FREE LOVE COLONY
WAS DIVIDED INTO
NUDES AND PRUDES
Many Families Shattered by
Gownless Bathing of Some
of Members.

Tacoma, June Echoes of battles
between the Nudes" and the "Prudes''
over the moral conditions OF the Mutual
Home Association. better known as the
Free love colony" on Puget Sound
were heard in the superior court, today,
during the suit to dissolve the association
The falling out between the two factions
is the cause of the suit.
l.. T. Shackles, member of the as
sociation. told of the fight which his
faction, designated as "Prudes'', had
waged against the Nude" faction to
better moral conditions. He told of ar
rests which had been made when some
members of the association participated
in the nude bathing episode which oc-
casioned considerable publicity several
years ago.
MANY families of the association were
shattered over the free love question"
he testified. ''The Nudes were the ad-
vocates Of free love, while we fought
against it,
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-06-07
DRAMATIC TAUNTS
SHAPE RESOLUTION
FOR TREATY PROBE
14-kARAT TREATY.
WILSON ASSERTS

Paris, June 6.-(Havas.) y
Il am convinced that our
treaty project violates none
of my principles" President
Wilson is quoted by the Matin
as having said when he was
made acquainted with the
German counter proposals to
the peace treaty. ''If | held
a contrary opinion / would not
hesitate to confess it and
would endeavor to correct the
error. The treaty as drawn
up, however, entirely con-
forms with my Ia points"