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New Britain herald., 1919-02-27
st. Pierre and MiQuelOn.


(Toronto Mail and Empire.)
In the great clearing house of terri
torial and racial balances the peace
congress is conducting in Paris there
may be settlements that were little
dreamt of even when the aPmistice
was agreed upon, and it is certain
that some of the Fantastic changes
dreamt Of will not be made. Denmark
Is not likely to be asked, and is still
less likely to offer, to transfer Green
land to Canada. The French govern
ment has declared that it will not
part with MiuueIon and 81. Pierre,
island possessions Of France lying
close to the south coast Of NeWfOund-
land. These islands are the head
quarters Of the French fishing fleet
that operates on the cod banks off
Newfoundland every year, and be
cause of their utility in that cOnnec-
ton and because the small French
population on the islands look to
their mother country fow aid in times
of food scarcity the French govern
ment has no thought of exchanging
the islands. If it were to entertain
the idea Of disposing of them, it
would doubtless be to Newfoundland
or Canada they would pass. 40
foreign power should be Interested in
acquiring the'G I'd no foreign power
ought to have a chance to acquire
them.
{ Those rocky islands are worthless
for agriculture. If it were not for
the abundance of fish yielded by the
water about ihem the slender pOpu1"
ton would starVe. The town Of st.
Pierre. which was for a long time
the emporium Of smuggling trade
carried on by a daring band of sea.
roVers at the expense Of the Canadian.
Newfoundland and American revenue
may seey a revival Of its fame and
fortunes in that field Of enterprise.
| Now that Canada is so nearly covered
United States seems to be on the eve
Of becoming entirely dry, the bold
shippers who used to run into St.
Pierre with cargOes Of rum and other
contra band of trade, and from the
center distribute their merchandise to
their confidential customers in the
cOvcS Of the St Lawrence, of the
Maritime Provinces and Of the Eastern
States. may find the Inducements to
ihcir business more inviting than ever.
For long time no representative of
Britain was permitted to act in a con-
sular capacity at ST. Pierre. That
was owing to the extremely private
nature of the business centering in
that port
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27
Putting Something Over"

CNew London Telegraph
There was once farmer who tried
every known kind Of scarecrow TO
keep the crows out of his cornfieId,
to no avail.
Then he went to q wax figure
maker and had a figure. Of man
made. II was life-like enough to
speak.
The farmer took it homo in great
gIee, thinking he had at last out
witted the birds. He put the wax
figure in the middle of the cornfield
ncxt morning and awaited results
The birds came as usual, and eyed
the newcomer with suspicion Then
a convention was called wherein the
birds discussed who and what their
new friend might be.
After due deliberatOn and observa-
ton they decided the wax figure only
another of the farmers fool ideas and
helped themselves to the corn. Some
Of the more daring ones even sal on
the head and shoulders of the life
like scarecrow.
If it is impossible to fool innocent
birds by appearances how can sen
sible human beings expect to put
something over" on their fellow men?
1t can't be done for any great
length of time. Very soon the person
you think you are fooling gets wise"
and then the Zig, is up
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27
Our large Navy.
(LeSlie'S WecklY.)

The navy launched 1856 fighting
ships up to Oct. /, including 90 de-
stroyers. In the first nine months of
the fiscal year, 1918, it launched 81
more destrOyers than were built dur
ing the entire nine years preceding.
Hundreds of other ships were added
to the navy, including two battle
ships SO destroyers, 28 submarines
355 submarine chasers, 10 mine
sWeepers and numerous vessels of
commercial type, including all classes
from German Transatlantic liners to
harbor tugboats and motor boats for
auxiliary purposes. There were only
As naval aTiatOrs in July, 1917. 4
year later there were S23 naval avia-
tors, 2,O52 school officers, 400 ground
officers, 1900 trained mechanics and
over $500 mechanics in training.
When war was declared the enlist
ment and enrolment of the navy
numbered 65,777 On the day Ger
many signed the armistice it num-
bered 497.033. Secretary Daniels
recommends a new three-year build
ing program to provide ! 6 additional
capital ships and a total of 1856 fight
ing vessels.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27
\ BALLAD OF THE GREAT IN
MOVED.


The doughboy sauntered the Great
A huge buck private, length six foot
three.
He had fought and bIed in the Ar
gonne fray,
And he twice had traversed the
trackless SEQ.
He took in the sights with casual
eye,
He rubbed his chin, and he cooked
his head,
And he turned to his buddy, who
ambled close by.
80 this is New York, eh? 2" the
doughboy said.
He was tanned and seasoned and self
contained;
He had seen the world and had sat
on it, too:
And he felt at nome where the shrap-
mel rained,
Or. in innermost sanctums at G.
H. @. =.
A patriot trottod along by his side
And gave his broad shou Iders q
loving pat
t"Well, how was the war;" the civilian
cried;
And the answer WAS merely "N hlch
war was that?'
: He braved the motors with meas
ured tread;
He rode on the buses, decidedly
bored:
The subway ratified and rocked in its
bed:
Great blasts exploded; the canyons
roarcd;
The jazz bands screeched from the
cabarets:
The sirens walled and the mufflcrs
But the big buck private they could
not faze:
cit sounds some familiar" he
calmly remarked.
They rode him around in q sight see
ing car;
They showed him the statues and
monuments grand;
They toured the Museum, Che looked
for the bar;)
They praised this picture, the other
one panned
The Bowery, Chinatown, properly
damed,
He took them all in with a gaze aus
tere.
We'll wasn't it wonderful?" ladies
exclaimed.
And he answered, "WheTe do we go
from here ?"
But his leave was soon up, and his
cash declined,
And he wearied of clubs and of
ranteen chow,
'Well it's quite some burg" his buddy
opined,
Though there amt DO fields for a
guy 10 ploW.'
Then the doughboy answered, you
said it, Bo;
TO them that likes it, this stuff is
grand;
But it's me for the soil where the
sun flowers grow,
For the old mans farm is sure
Some Mans LandH'
CHARLTON ANDREWS,
in the New York Times.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27

sponsors~and advocates@of the Nor
rison bill by whtchsits author was to
remake Connecticut's educational
world must accept with humility the
fate of the measure, which went into
the wastebasket Yesterday on an UNI
favorable Legislative committee re-
mort. The defeat of the bill is q dem
onstration of the power of public
oninion. 1t is said to have been writ
ten by the assistant secretary of the
State Board Of Education. 1t was au-
thoAzed by the board. 1t was sup
.pohaed, and approved by the state
manufacturers association and many
sIea al Isgase duca tors. In spite Of this
backing it failed to pass even COM
ndfttssf The opposition, consisting
Nnlaipays of teachers associations, was
wesIte5fffg aniaed ands made good i'm
pression on4xthe, Lsgislative commit
tee althsush q humber. of p1sn necessary
sfan1a rks were mado and unnecessary
Fspataliels arawn. .sss45~
kEs'5Few. measures INTRODUCED into the
General Assembly have met with
such storms Of sindignatior1swh was
! aroused by the belief that the Nor
rison measure would result in the
surrender Of municipal and town
rights to a central body. Connecticut
has been remarkable for the indie
pendent spirit Of its towns. The fail
ure of the Morrison code indicates
I that the towns have not changed.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27
Another .AttemDt Certain,

(kdnSaS City starr =
OF course the defeat of the submits
sion Of the suffrage amendment is a
bitter disappointment to the women
who for years have been making the
light for political equality At the
same time the result in congress-
registers a tremendous change lin
public sentiment which can only mean
comparatively short postponement
Of the amendments submission.
Ten years ago suffrage was not even
an issue. Now the proposal to sub
NIT the amendment has been adopts
cd by more than a two-thirds vote in
the house and has received a vote OF.
55 to 20 in the senate-only ones
short of the necessary two thirds. -
With such record the submission
Of the amendment is assured. The
next congress certainly cannot refuse
to grant the several states the privi-
lcge of passing on a question of such
importance.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27
Congressional Reform.
(NcW York Evening Sun.

The agreement by the republican
members of the senate to abandon
the ancient seniority rule as to COM
mittee chairmanships and assign
n1ents is a long step toward greater
efficiency in legislation. 1t amounts
to the abolition of accident in party
politics and should do much to bring
the best men to the front. That it
went through with little objection
speaks well for the public spirit of
many senator's whose future positions
may be adversely affected by it.
It was brought about largely by the
CHASTITY results of the strict applica-
ton of the rule by the democrats
during the past four years or more
one Of whom results was to saddle the
party with kitchin. The reform is a
hopeful sign that the old order of
things may be really changing for the
better
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27
CampbelI'S Candidacy


Especial Dispatch to Snrin.lio,d
Republican,
Washington, D. C-The gavetv Of
the speakership race was enhanced
today by announcement drom ReDre-
sentative Philip Campbell Of Kansas
that he stood forth as a candidate.
Campbell is an Old-timer in the
house, man with sOnOrous voice.
who berates and denOunces political
opponents. Probably the Kansas re-
publicans, including not few who
were elected by enraged farmers un-
willing to forgive the president for
keeping the guaranteed price OF
wheat down to S2.26, will support
Campbell.
However, the motive back of the
CarnbeU candidacy is said to be a
fierce demand for the Craftsmanship
Of the rules committee. Campbell is
at present the senior minority mem
hor Adherents of Representative
Mann have been shouting that new
hog combine" had been Orga nlzed
around the GilIett speakership boom.
The hog combine" Of house history
dates back to the Henderson speaker
ship, when committee places ana
house patronage were divided TO the
last scrap among friends.
And the Mann adherents have been
| spreading variety Of tales, how
Penrose started the fight in the house
on Mann to divert attention from his
own troubles and how National Char
man Hays was forced into action for
Glllett because a parcel Of business
men raised $500. 900 for the republic
can congressional campaign fund at
the 18th hour last autumn. Along
with this line of conversation go in
situations how the ungrateful de-
feat of Mann for the speakership will
break the present minority leaders
heart.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27
Police UniOnism.


(Boston Evening Transcript
There should be not a days delay
in giving the police of Boston a clear
understanding that affiliation on their
part with the American Federation of
Labor would produce for them con-
fict Of allegiance which the city
could not tolerate. To say this
neither means nor involves any an
tagonism to the Federation. 1t is to
say however that if organized labor
is a great thing, organized govern
ment is a thing greater. There can
be no subservience on the part of tht
officials and employees of city and
Representative as they are of
all the people--to an organization Of
only one group Of the people, no mat
ter how large. To admit it, would
lead in the end to but one result, and
that is to the complete traducement
Of the allegiance which employees Of
city and state owe. above all, to the
state. The topsy-turvy state of af-
fairs which divided allegiance brings
about in actual practice was lately
illustrated. for a brief time, in
Seattle.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27
~
CHARTER AMENDMENTS. =

The announcement that there was
no opposition to charter amendments
before the Committee on Cities and
Boroughs of the Legislature yesterday
is deserving of comment if for no
other reason than to compare this
situation with years past. Tt was not
always so easy to facilitate the pas
sage of amendments and there were
obstructionists aplenty, either those
who had political axes to grind or
who disagreed violently with the COM
mittee.who recommended the revision.
Little interest in revising the char
ter was taken this year. Few changes
of moment were suggested or made.
The committee realized it had a
thankless job on its hands, did it's
best, kissed its child goodbye and
put it on the train for Hartford.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27

kERS by Carl Sandburg.
with faith in humanity
&3liag inatiOn and feeling LOT
Miid a sturdy sense OF rc''l,-
ch sometimes CLASH WIN e"t'l
skfiu WHlcn SOMETIMES Dlc'r' i'''0
a'lahanoh or cohhlon nlo
'iie Sic'I pageant
&f1st.
rt,,-e.,-x INC LIZZIE AND
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27
Lottery to Pay War Debts.
{ n eW York Sun.

If a former Premier of Italy, Luz
sati, has inded proposed to President
Wilson. as the cables relate, a world
lottery to pay war debts, he cannot
have realized the legal standing, or
lack of standing, of lotteries in this
country. He cannot have learned that
prohibition of lotteries was an or
iginal settler in our pioneering days
of reform. He cannot have heard that
our national laws, state laws, NUM-
cipal ordinances, postal regulations
and police rules make of lotteries Of
fences as generally prohibited and as
assiduously hunted as perhaps any
other Wrongdoing in the realms Of
civilization
1t is true that other American laws
and principles have not been taken
into such consideration as they de
serve by the peacernakers in Paris
and it is true that an international
local ordinances and even national
statutes. Nevertheless, it is also true
that no treaty, whether nullifying or
not multiplying national, state and
local statutes, can never have force in
the United States no matter what
American peace delegates may agree
upon, no matter what an international
peace conference may Decree except
by vote Of the United States Senate
as provided by the United States
constitution
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27
China Tolerant.
(San Francisco Chronicle.

ISan F'ranCisCO ChrOniCIe.)
China furnishes the anomaly of an
emperor holding court within re-
public and functioning with the aid
of the republican machinery. The
little emperor Hsuar Tung. who was
placed on the Dragon Throne of his
ancestors last year, lives in the For
hidden city amid old time Cerem Onial
and receives royal honors from those
around him and even from republican
representatives on the stated Occa-
ions when they visit him or other
members of the imperial family.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27
Below Par Issue of Bonds.
(New York Commercially

In spite of the popular prejudice
against selling government bonds be-
low par it is good business practice
and it has nearly always been done
by the BRUSH government, whose
financing of public debts for two
centuries has been the model for the
rest of the world. Americas credit
is now higher than that of England
because we are richer and our pub
lie debt is self-contained; but Eng
lands policy of selling bonds and
consols below par is worthy of our
consideration. An issue of twenty
year 4 per cent. bonds below par
would cost the country less for the
money raised than per cent issue
at par because investors like to buy
something which is sure to be worth
more at maturity than it's original
issue price Even if there were no
difference in the cost of the money
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27
Not Learning English.

1t is a legitimate cause for re-
preach for anybody who has been
here more than six months or a year
at most, not to have made the not
colossal effort required by a task
that for some curious reason, seems
to be easiest for those who need. =.
most. Only the people who live s
"foreign colonies" can help learning
English, for that matter, and the pos
sibility is among the worst Of the
many bad features Of such life.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27
CHAMPAGNE SNAPPY
DRINK AT S25 PER
Imported Brands Will Cost 500
a Quart, Retailers Say

New York, Feb 27.-ChamFagne
at So a glass or 500 d bottle if the
whole quart is taken, became the ac-
lual proba bihty yesterday when it was
learned from hotel and restaurant
owners that wholesale dealers, in view
Oh me increased taxation rates, had
purchased the entire supply for sale
ana were holding it for the figures
named.
Domestic champagne can be bought
Tor less, said the hotel men yesterday,
put imported champagne will certain
~ orlng 500 a quart before June 30,t
| and be scarce at that. The reason,
| th"N said, lies in the extraordinarily
heitHN buying Of recent days, which
empt1ed almost all cellars with the
| exception of those which held out for
| higher prices.
The news that the champagne mar
ket had been cornered by certain
Wholesale dealers followed CLOSELY
yesterday upon The raising of prices
for every drink in which alcohol is ami
ingredient. Inquiries at the Commo
dore, Biltnore, Park Avenue. Wander
bilt, McAlpin and Pennsylvania hotels,
at Jack S, Healeys, Murrays, Church,
jll'S and other favOrite drinking
stands showed that everywhere cock
tails sand highbalIs had been increased
from five to ten cents a drink, beer
the same, and whskey boosted more
than So gallon. -
HIghballs a Bit Higher.
This increase means that cocktails
will range in prices from 80 cents to
85 cents, with highballs running the
scale from As cents to one round
dollar apiece. Beer can be purchased
at none of the high class bars for less
than 5 cents-the glass in this in
stance being something bit larger
than thinbIe. 81.
Pitchers of beer which have ranged
from 40 cents to 50 cents. according
to the locality of the bar, the value of
the pictures, the number of girls in
the cabaret and the age of. the bar
tenders mother-i1-law, have now left
the plebeian stage and become patri-
clan at prices ranging from so. cents
to $1.1O. IL
An ojen or an orange blossom can-.
not be purchased for less than a.
cents, where they were formerly Is
and 30 cents, while a highban from
the we'll known pinch bottle will dent
the eNchequer at least so cents
FIXES, rickeys, punches, fips, cob
bIers, mint juleps and daisies range
between 80 and 80 cents, while Du-'
bonnet Benedictine, KummeI and
cHdrtTeuSG seek even higher levels ~
Fewer Patrons, More Drinking.
Despite the increase in prices cafe.
and hotel bar managers reported yes
terdaE greater sales than for many
weeks. There are fewer patrons, thew
said, but each patron buys more At.
one hotel it was said that the bar re-
celpts for yesterday were more than
the hotel receipts from restaurant
dining rooms, hotel rooms and the
bar com bined had been heretofore.t
This is explained by the bulky pack,+
ages which are so crowding thas
subway nightly that Mr.. Shonts may
have to build annexes thereto for the
bulges'
The only light visible along tho
horizon of the cafe and hotel mama
gers yesterday was the rumor. that
President Wilson intended to an
nounco that war conditions and re.
striCtiOns had been lifted therein
placing the country on a normal
drinking basis until January %, 1920.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27
Too Much Federal Oversight.

coma ha Bee
We must not only cure ourselves
of the habit of careless talking. and.
Of the equally dangerous habit Of
running to Washington for help on.
occasions when we should help our.
selves Assertion of Il little of our
formerly boastcd independence and
less of reliance on federal oversight
may bring resumption OF normal bus
mess faster than it is coming. At any
rate, the foolish talk will not help.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27
ThC Southern Boundary.
dallas News. J

Some of the Sons Of Freedom in
Ohio declare they will move to Can
ada after May 20. They needn't send
any of their literature to the Texas
branch of the organization. Our
bunch is headed for Mexico,
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27
The DeportCd Agitators.
Gowell Courier itizcn)

IF Swedes Morse and Films are i'm
a majority. as reported, of those l.
w. w. agitators who are being es-
corted back to Europe somebody
ought to tip off the Scandinavian
countries, which include Finland in
4 cultural sense, that, they would do,
we'll to stop the public reading Of
Tbsen, Strindberg and other apostles
Of discomfort in their native {itera-
lures.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27

The mem bers of the Sunset Club, a
New York organization, met at the
Funeral church yesterday and made
arrangements for their own obseuuies
Whenever they may occur. That's our
idea of a giddy soclable.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27

10 the government at the end of the
term, it would have a chance to buy
IN low interest bonds below par and
mus make a direct saving on part
OF us Obligations. Such an issue could
We maze on a basis that would not
''epFeclate prior issues sentimentaIly
"no Sen'1meht is an important factor
in dealing with small investors
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27

If New York policemen continue to
be slain as rapidly as within the past.
few. months the authorities may find
it necessary to invoke the draft to fill
UP the ranks.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27

Won Ludendorff is said to have left
Sweden. And the good folk of Sweden
are now busy counting the silver, if
they are wise.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27

The suffragists in the Boston Jail
refuse to eat But the seductive odor
eof a steaming plate of "Boston
Baked may tempt them yet
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27

According to the Meriden Journal.
which should know, the tax rate in
the city and town of Meriden is 27h
mills.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27

Regarding the health conditions of
our soldier camp at Brest, somebody
has-how shall we put it som ebody
has been mistaken. In the very ma
ture of things it cannot be both the
very best and the very worst Of it's
kind-BoStOn Transcript.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27

The Central American republics
need presidents who will keep them
out of war How they must envy
us!-Th4 Wall Street Journal.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27

Washington and Europe will please
take seats in the rear of the hall.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27

Add dead agesCGive all the
boys q drink, Bartender.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27
Prosperous Moths.

Upon getting our blue serge suit
out of the attic we find that the moths
had happy and prosperous 1918.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27

The league of nations will be a
Wabbly guest of honor at the White
House banquet if it gets many more
wallops before the president comes
to its rescue.-NeW York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27

The return of Bernstorff to politi-
cal prominence does not indicate that
the eX-kaiser is holding on to any
political pull worth mentioning in
Berlin.-Washingto Star.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27

- Of the speeches against the
que Of nations indicate high muz-
'z1e velocity, but they turn out to be
duds.-Mancheste Union.
New Britain herald., 1919-02-27

Well, and why shouldn't Germany
pay all the cost Of the war? Tt had
meant to make all the profit,--Kan-
sas City Star.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-07-03
LINDEN MAN INvENIs DEVICE
FOR FEEDING CHICKS RIGHT

c: II. Fraley has devised water
trough for chickens that promises to
be a great success. By an ingenious
device, it is possible to fill bucket
with clean water or buttermilk, in
vert it without splitting drop. and
have the fluid kept before the chicks
automa tically at a uniform depth.
A cone on top of the pail prevents
the chicks from perching on top and
getting the trough dirty.
Twenty-Five of the devices are now
being used in various Lynden poultry
yards, and they are being warmly
recommended.