New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 11, 1914, Page 6

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1914. EW BRITAIN HERALD | HERALD PURBLISHING . COMPANY, | Proprietors. ued daily (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 p. m. at Herald Building, 67 Church St. Office at New Britain | atered at the Post Mail Matter. as Second Class fvered by carrier to any part of the city for 15 Cents a Week, 65 Cents a Month. bscriptions for paper to be sent “by mail payable in advance. 60 Cenis a .00 a year. he oniy profitabble advertising medium in the city. Circulation books and press rcom always open to advertisers. e Herald wil! be found on sale at Hota- Jing's News Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- way, New ¥York City; Board Walk, Atlantie City, and Hartford depot. TELEPHONE CALLS. isiness Office. itorial Rooms. PRICES GO UP AGAIN, Reports from New York today are at war prices came into existence in hat city yesterday and presumably 11 be felt all over the country in a jort time. This is the natural result conditions affecting every article food which comes here from jurope. The upward tendency did pt stop at anvthing, meat, flour, k, sugar, olive oil, the latter being anced from thirty o forty cents . \8allon, hats -~ and shoes being elided. Fresh meat has gone p’ to such an extent that it bermwy as if its use must be aban- pned" within a short time if the fceshare not reduced. The. scarcity cattles has been given as the pri- aryireason for the raise in beef, but that isurprises the average person is hatrwhilefthat reason may suffice for hes taise ithat it is used every time e \figurestare increased as If the ttle) were decreasing in numbers eryf time a count is made and hat;a countpis being made pretty en. Natlvetbee! was quoted at rteen® cents ajpound wholesale yes- day and no hope was held out for reduction for iseveral days. The porer quality of beef however, was out two to three cents a pound less ot \still leaving it at a figure that ade)it difficult.on’ the retailer to sell a\rateexceptisuch as make it al- ostyprohibitive for poor people. {pork was-quoted at twenty-five nts a\ pound wholesale on the hicago§markety yesterday with only pout oner-fourth of the supply. Heretofore people did not under- nd\ how tdependent this country is Europe;jthey had been led to lieve * that§prices there were so w that!thisicountry could not com- te with them and now when a war eaks out, shipping is tied up, it is hpossible: to obtain the supplies jhich hawe formed a part of "our peds andiwe are gradually ascertain- g that it is almost;an impossibility get along without}its help. What needed now more than anything se is a speedytermination of the ar and experts'in that line are ex- cting to see the big battles fought hin a few weeks, the main par- ipants to be France and Germany, d that naval engagements may kexplace almost anyrtime. Once‘the hestion of supremacy is settled the adeqsituation willsbegin toiease up. herejare so many countries’involved the ‘war now, with even far off panspreparing to strike, it seems as the present conditions cannot last uch longer. There will no doubt be business revival then:that will be a t benefit to this«country and the of it will be that:there will be a ter understanding of}our relation th forelgn countries. The United ates is a big countrytand a pros- rous one, but we ewidently cannot e and prosper alone,y we must buy om other countries asiwell as sell to iem and any difficulty which dis- rbs that relationship will be felt all branches of business. We did bt all know this before but we know now and the truth ofiit is being im- essed upon us all in .a very costly anner. AFRAID OF ALBANY COUNTY, Theodore Rooseveltiapparently does bt believe in the fntegrity of the burts; he evidently does not believe at they are not susceptible to influ- ce and desires to have William larnes’ suit against him for libel tried a jurisdiction other than that of hbany county, New York, where it las instituted. The lawyers in the se have already begun negotiations br a change of venue. Mr. Roose- Lit's counsel says that the reasons e plain, but opposing counsel deny at they know of any such reasons d it looks as if they will oppose v change. 'The assumption is that ; proceedings cannot be conducted ith as much consideration for the lonel in Albany county as in some her place. It would seem, however, if the colonel would be given a buare deal anywhere and it will be hteresting to hear of his reasons for nting a change when the lawyers the case get together in court. ‘he colonel is having his own po- al troubles ih New York these ys. There is rebellion on the part ¢ some progressives who do not like candidacy. He objects to any pro- gressive catechising Mr. Hinman so long as he says that he is satisfactory. There are some who how the candidate stands on other issues besides that of anti-bossism. Mr. Hinman has thus far been disin- clined to tell and as a result he may not have as easy a time obtaining the primary nomination as he at first sup- posed he would have. The colonel is displeased with that too. AUTOISTS ) There is no greater mistake to conclude that the automobilists the country represent ‘“the idle rich.” Automobiles can be bougiht at any price from $500 to $10,000 apiece and the quality and style of the machine is the only trustworthy indication of the financial ability of the owners, not of any class in particular.—Norwich Bulletin. It may be said that people have gone daffy on the automoblle ques- tion. The great desire 1s to own a car of some kind. They can be pur- chased cheap nowadays and people who are ordinarily economical have been known to make financial rifices in order to buy a machine. The punctures and blowouts have a depressing effect upon the motorist but when the répairs are made and the car is again gotten into motion the causes of the delay are forgotten. A very large sum of money is in- vested in automobiles in Connecticut, the state receives a large revenue from them in the form of license fees and the towns from them as property placed on grand lists. In the early days of the motor the price was high and only the wealthy could afford to purchase one, but there has been so much. competition in the business since and there have been so many of the early elements of the cost elimi- nated that a car is now within the reach of the man of ordinary means who cares to invest a few hundred dollars in one of the various makes of machines. The automobile is more common on the highways on Sunday than even the horse and carriage, which were once regarded as the only means of transportation for pleasure on that day. People are deriving a great deal of pleasure from the use of the auto, especially on the Sabbath, and the owners are far from being the idle rich, OT IDLE RICH. than ¢ SOME BALD. The rivalry that exists among: cer- tain society leaders has become so tense that they are being put to their wits' ends in an effort to outdo each other. It was only the other day a Chinese ball was given at Newport in which the garden of one of the fash- fonable residences there was turned into a veritable fairy land in which people carrying a staff on which there was a tiny light gave the impression of numerous fireflies while the lead- ers represented Chinese men and Wo- men dead for a century or more and were costumed in all their gorgeous robes. Nothing like it was ever known before, but a lobster ball was given at Bar ~ Harbor last evening which appears to have outdone Newport. This event was given by Mr. and Mrs. Warner M. Leeds and the fashionable resort has never seen anything like it. It was a sort of masquerade affair in which all the guests were costumed as lob- sters, goldfish, and corals and en- trance to the grounds was through a grotto leading to what appeared to be a scene below the surface of the ocean. THe names of the guests were announced by an attendant costumed asa lobster, the names were registered and the parties were escorted to the lawn which gave the impression that though there was no water, there was a green covering overhead and that the guests were walking on the bottom of the sea. Myriads of different colored lights, seaweed, shells and stones were to be seen everywhere. Mr. and Mrs, Leeds represented a god and goddess of the sea and this was her costume want to know as given out officially: She wore a gown of flesh colored satin, veiled with green pleated tulle inserted with silver lame. The skirt was embroid- ered in brown chenille and gems rep- Tesenting different forms of sea life, animal and vegetable. A baadeliere of sea green silk studded with pearls and edged gith silver fringe- was brought over the shoulder and tied in a knot at the waist. The coat had a lattice effect of drap q’argent studded with sapphires, emeralds and pearls. She had a long court train of silver lame, lined With blue liberte, a blue wig and a high old fashioned silver crown studded With emeralds, pearls and sapphires. There were no inquiries concerning the war or whether the Dutch had taken Holland, but when the hour ar- rived for the opening of the ban, Mrs. Leeds came forward and said: “I speak a welcome to you gathered where the gold moon glitters down through waves that still tonight their tumult overhead. While here beneath the ocean’s calm, green waters roll away and leave this court for all to Ms manner of handling the Hinman pleasure in who are this night Sea God Poseidon’s guests, I Amphrite, in his name, and on behalf of all my nereid sisters and those courtiers here. make you most welcome realm.” Wasn't that nice? Whenever is any doubt as to how the idle rich spend their time one need only think of the days that must have been spent in arranging for the lobster ball and many more days must have been Lo tne sea .ord's there how spent in trying to outdo last night's efforts. It will be no easy task. FACTS AND FANCIES. Many persons find opportunity be- tween times to make a few remarks on the weather. It seems to J ify language. It is dog-days of a variety very depressing, and discouraging to vegetation. But it is not dogdays of the worst sort, which is dogdays with a high degree of heat, and of course, humidity. Anyhow, the weather |is what it is, and taking thought or even making conversation about it won't change its character.—New Haven Register. A woman ias appointed city mar- shal in Arlington, Texas, Tecently this being the first time such a thing has occurred in that part of the world. She has now been in office two weeks, and says she likes it. What is more important she seems to have made a success. Profanity in public places is said to have fallen off greatly, habit- ual vagrants are disappearing. There is prohibition law in the town and the new marshal declares that it is well enforced and adds: “It {s a dry town, and will be dryer than ever while I am city marshal.”—Hartford Times. It is really abtonishing the number of German warships reported sunk, which persist in sailing blithely into port right back from the bottom of the sea. As a matter of fact there is very little credence to be placed upon reports of naval actions unless they are given standing by the authority of the naval offices of the contending powers. Up to date the clashes at ses. have been of little importance and practically no damage has been done tc the navies, which contest for the mastery of the seas.—Ansonia Senti- nel, A Sunday like yesterday brings the people of New Haven from within con- fining walls and keeps them out in the fresh, air and sunshine, even if the air is a bit overcharged with sunshine of a too horriw intensity. For such days we can’t be quite thankful enough. All day yesterday crowds made their way to the shore resorts and to the country, taxing the trolley service and bring- ing delight to shore resort proprietors who have looked in vain for patrons while the summer has continued un- seasonable. A clear, summer Sunday, be it never so hot, is a great thing for city-bred humanity.—New Haven Journal-Courier. New York’s policemen have been given an unenviable reputation during the past two or three vears by the publicity given to the Becker case and the over-emphasis lald on what wickedness there was among them, but that they are not all bad and that most of the force of the finest are hu- mane and honest Christian men is gradually being brought to light again. Recently an interesting investigation was conducted. by the charities de- partment of the city and its results in- dicated that the safest thing for any- cne in New York, be heé a native or stranger visiting in the big city, to do when he got into trouble, is to confide ia a policeman.— Waterbury Repub- lican. THE PAPER PEST. Did you ever have some paper Come with something from store Which then had served its purpose So you wanted it no more? the Did vou cast it idly from you And never care a jam That your rubbish was not wanted By any other man? T'00 many don’t care men and boys * Are passing ev'ry day A'toting paper ev'rywhere And throwing it away. And many who burn cigarettes Or smoke a burning pipe, Their packing cases never burn They strew them left and right. Sometimes we call the city clean But know it is a lie, For rubbish litters ev'ry street And nasty papers fly. Scme people cannot be content To foul a single spot, And tear a paper into biits A larger field to blot. 'Tig easier by far to place All paper in control, han ‘tis to put it out of sight When started on a stroll. Now blame no more the Public Works, The most that they can do Is to remove unsightly stuff That pesky persons strew. Our city never will be clean With papers loosely thrown In yards and streets and passage ways Forever to be blown. If all would take a little pains To place their rubbish where It never would be seen again Our city might be fair. Blame on the thoughtless scatterers Whose selfish filthy plan Puts all the care of keeping clean Upon some other man. O! Ish K. Bibble write them up, Ish K. Bibble dandy, Strike right and left through all the town And with your pen be handy. A. HARVESTER. WHAT OTHERS SAY Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to Herald office. | | Taking a Name in Vain. (Cleveland Plain Dealer.) Men who have enjoyed, at a table circled with bubbling good fellow- ship, the gastronomical delights of baked 'possum with a side offering of corn bread and sweet potatoes which have absorbed the rich flavor of the 'possum, will join in protest against the night riders of Kentucky taking the name of ‘’possum hunters.” If groups of hill citizens, in that state of troubles and political com- plications, feel they must ride at night in strange attire to frighten or abuse their neighbors, they create a situation that interests merely the local civil authorities. But their right to drag into such unseemly nocturnal diversion the name of “’possum hunters” will bring resentment at once, from every man who has taken part in a ’‘possum hunt, or later partaken of the plea- sures that follow a successful chase. The rea] ‘““’possum hunter” is a good fellow. In his soul, while the chase is on dwells no trace of enmity. His only warlike ambition is directed toward the animal sought, and that to the end that.good fellowship may be increased. He would feed and pro- tect, nor frighten and abuse his fel- lowman. . And around the table where the fat 'possum, baked to a crisp brown, is displayed and men gather for the feast. who could utter a discordant note? Men grow in girth and in ap- preciation of others as they pass the hours disposing of generous portions. Those who know the joys of 'possum hunting, and those who have mingled with the goodly souls that gather at the feast, will resent the im- propriety of appropriating any part of such a name for the rude and un- feeling night rider: Keep Fish Two Years. (Evening Wisconsin.) Scientists of the Biochemical labor® atory of Columbus university have made an exhaustive investigation of the preservative effects of cold stor- age on fish, and reports that the re- sults of their studies convince them that ‘“fresh fish, similar in general character to flounders, may be pre- served frozen, by the best cold stor- age processes, for at least two years without undergoing any important chemical alterations and without ma- terially depreciating in nutritfve value.” To avoid misunderstandings, they explain: “We do not suggest that our find- ings would apply in any degree to fish that were not strictly fresh and un- spoiled before they were put in cold storage. It is obvious, also, that these results have no bearing on the condition of fish which have been re- moved from cold storage and kept a week or more in a shop, exposed, un- til sold, to public inspection during the market hours, and iced or kept in a common refrigerator over night. It is equally obvious that these data have no material bearing on the cold storage of anything except fish.” Mayor Quigley. (Hartford Times.) Mayor Quigley of New Britain made a suggestion this week to a branch of the progressive municipality of which he is the head that was worthy the attention of the people of the city. The suggestion was that the members of the fire department should be re- quired to observe the conditions of buildings and their surroundings with the view of preventing risks or of re- during them to a minimum. Refer- ence was made to the time which fire- men spend in their engine houses un- cccupied, and it was said that some ci this time could be, with advantage to the city, spent in making the ob- servations suggested by the mayor. The necessity of reducing the fire risks by every possible manner is to be desired. But would the manner suggested by Mayor Quigley be the best? It is better to have the men on hand to go to a fire when the alarm sounds than to have them de- layed in reaching the scene of a fire by the other duty of observing the fire risks of buildings. Every moment is precious from the time the alarm is tolled to the time when firemen have a stream of water playing on the fire. The extent of a conflagration often depends on the speed with which the firemen reach the fire. There is a great deal in the suggestion of Mayor Quigley that is worthy of attention and the consideration of it may lead to something being done in the way of bringing the conditions of buildings and their surroundings more closely under the notice of the city authorities. It would be a mis- take to dismiss the mayor's sug- gestion without giving it the serious attention which it deserves. From it may be evolved some plan which will make for the reduction of the fire risks of the city. We all remember the attention which the former chief of the Hartford fire department, the venerable but agile Henry F. Eaton, gave to buildings and how he used to visit them periodically to familiarize himself with the plan of construction, with the view of being prepared to fight a fire in case one occurred. Mény a disastrous fire was prevented in the business section of the city by the knowledge which Chief Eaton had of the construction of the buildings. The Laird Comes Through, (Detroit Free Press.) Andrew Carnegie has been heard from at last. Scotch hardheadedness has triumphed over sentimentality and patriotism has shoved aside theory. The laird has forgotten his peace palace at the Hague, his peace society with its expensive volumes tlling of the horros of war. He has pulled down his white flag. In a cable message to New York he express entiments which must thor- oughly appall the milk-white souls .inf his fellow pacifists. Speaking no longer as a cosmopolitan, but as a Scotchman, he asserts that Britain was right in going into the war. He has so far fallen from the faith as to place national honor above peace. He affirms that Germany having de- clined Britain's peace conference and having asked Britain to agree to her march through Belgium, Britain was bound to decline and to declare that she would protect Belgium by land and by sea. After such an utterance the laird may fairly be expected to summon his retainers of Skibo and march at their head into Belgium. . We don’t know what Carnegie's fel- low pacifists may think of him for this slip back into the world of things as they are, but the generality of men will have a higher opinion of his com- mon sense than they had while he was daily prophesying the dawn of an era of sweet, universal peace. We begin to like Andrew. He is so dif- ferent from Mr., Bryan. Egg Farming Rules. (Philadelphia Ledger.) The egg farmer must be honest. Upon his honesty depends his suc- cess. Buyers of eggs must have faith, and i this faith must not be shaken. will but not the One bad egg in the lot only be the loss of faith, loss of a valuable customer. Eggs should be marketed at least once a week. Twice a week would be far better. The honest egg farmer is not afraid to date his eggs. The man with the reputation of selling only strictly fresh eggs has no trouble to find customers. They come after him. The wise egg farmer grades his eggs according to color and size, and he gets a little more for his trouble. The man who by means of a pickle or some preservative, puts away his summer eggs to sell in winter at advance prices, is dishonest, and his customers quickly detect his trick. Food flavors the egg, and the wise poulterer knowing this feeds nothing but the purest of grains, meats and vegetables. Nothing is allowed the hens that will taint the flavor. “Guaranteed eggs” are those laid by fowls judiciously fed on the pur- est of food, kept in the cleanest of houses and always put on the market in a fresh condition. “Store eggs” are a lottery. Ycu may get a prize, but it is more likely that you will draw blanks. The farmer, otherwise honest, is often tempted to put the contents of a “hidden nest” in the fresh egg basket— and his religious views are doubted. Massachusetts each year pays $20,- 000,000 for eggs and poultry raised outside of the state, in addition to $4,000,000 more for that raised in the state. Peas Were All Right, But Beans— (Cleveland Plain Dealer.) “I won’t mention the time, the place or the girl,” says a busy corre- spondent with whom we now get even by taking -a leaf from his own book and not mentioning him, either: “But I dropped into a certain dump for . my supper the other night and ordered. For side dishes—I was al- lowed two with the meat—I took string beans and fresh peas. “The waitress came in with the grub, but the beans were missing. I knew they'd be along on the next tray, so I said nothing about it. But I had eaten the meat before the wait- ress appeared again. She leaned against the table and said, in a stage whisper: “‘I wanna tell ya about beans. We ain’t got no beans. The chef says they ain’t fit ter eat. Th’ cat hadda fit an’ fell in the pot where the beans an’' peas was cookin' io- gether. Scalded her so much she lost all her hair.’ “‘But, my goodness!” said I, ‘you brought the peas, and I ate them. Surely if the peas didn’t suffer, the——' “‘Oh, the peas is all right. chef run them through a sieve. the beans is ruined' ™ them The But The Speculator 1. Starvation. (New York Globe.) For the creature who speculates in the bare necessities of life it is dif- ficult for any normal human being to have any toleration. The average man, rooted as he frequently is in the strange tradition of eating, hag a feeling toward the food speculator for which contempt and hatred are mild terms. The food speculator is an individual who tries to make money by causing or aggravating a famine. There may be, and probably are, viler and more disgusting per- sons. But at the moment it is diffi- cult to remember what they are. The middleman is at present a necessary evil under the existing s distributing produce. But when ne tries to take advantage of crises that bring starvation and disease, he be- comes a pestiferous parasite that it is necessary to extirpate by the strong- est measures. The miserable huck- ster who stores up food in order to create a famine puts himself beyond the bounds of human toleration. But what is ever-done to discour- age this depravity? What happened to the noble contractors who poisoned American soldiers with putrid meat in the Spanish war? Horses’ Noses. (New York Sun.) I think if I were.a horse I shoull dislike to have strangers stroke my nose, Every now and then we see some man walking along the sidewalk stop to stroke the nose of a horse stand- ing by the curb. This may be kindly enough done, but there are, I fancy, few men with a natural affection for the horse; and this from a stranger the horse would instinctively resent, as most horses do, in some measure. You rarely see a horse rude enough to raise his delicate, gensitive nose abruptly away, but yow may often see him sway his nose to one side or the other out of the stranger’s touch, to intimate as delicately as possible that he would like it if this strange person would pass along on his way, Russia’s Recent Preparations. ! (Army and Navy Journal.) It would be too long a task to en- ter into a detailed account of the measures taken by Russia to bring up her land forces to what might be ex- pected of her. However, some salient features among these are worth not- ing at this time. The new recruiting law of July, 1912, cut down greatly the number of exemptions from mili- tary service. Another law that went into effect last December was a re- sponse to the increase in the effectives of the other great powers. This in- creased by three months the legal ser- vice of the soldier and, gave more of solidity to the army by virtue of the fact that the recruits which begin their term in the autumn finish their instruction on April 1, instead of January 1, as formerly. Without in any way modifying the law of 1912 it was decided also to increase the effi- ciency of the troops. Beginning with 1913 each year was to see 25,000 more men called to the colors than form- erly, and when the result of this aug- mentation would begin to be felt Rus- sia could proceed to the creation of certain great military units. Hence it had recently been announced that Russia would soon form three new army corps. The instruction of the troops has been made the object of incessant study since the Japanese war. All the drill regulations have been revised since the close of the Manchurian war, and some of them, notably those of the cavalry and the field service, are very recent. All are in- spired by the most modern military ideas. In all these regulations the dominant idea is that everything should be subordinated to preparation for war, and the entire new Russian system tends to develop the desire for the offensive and the initiative, characteristics of Russian military activity that have not been conspicu- ous in previous campaigns. Russia has also gone in heavily in the im- provement of her war material. The financial sacrifices which the country has made in the last few years prove the concentration of its thought up- on one well-defined military object. The ordinary war budget 1914 reached 1,600,000,000 francs, an in- crease of 128,000,000 over the preced- ing year. The expenditures were de- signed to renew little by little the fire- arms of the service, to give more pieces of modern caliber to the field artillery, to increase the material of the fort artillery and of the engineers, to build forts along the western bord- er and to create or to increase the technical. of 100 GERMAN SPIES SHOT BY BELGIUM Every German and Austrian in Bel- gium Must Declare Himself Within Twenty-four Hours. Brussels, Aug. 11.—Belgium has been covered with a network of Ger- man spies. Six hundred already have been arrested and one hundred were shot yvesterday. Some of the Germans czptured were wearing uniforms of gendarmes, civic guards, soldiers and officers of the Belgian army. Many of the spies captured were armed with bombs and revolvers and were riding in automobiles bearing false numbers. They also had in their possession tel- cgrams and letters with the counter- feit signature of the Belgian minister of war, Just before, and after the fighting began private signs were . discovered on bridges, military works and aque- ducts indicating that those structures should be blown up. Severe precautions have now been taken by the military authorities and no one is admitted at the railway sta- tions without military permits. Auto- mobiles are halted at every mile. The war minister has issued a proc- lamation that every German and Aus- trian who does not declare himself within twenty-four hours will be con- sidered a spy. Since the Flanders provinces were placed under martial law two days ago, more than 2,000 spies have been arrested. Forty thousand have been enrolled and have been formed into twenty regiments of two thousand each, The train service between Brussels and Paris was resumed this morning. FAT DETERMINES VALUE. Mr. Thompson Opposcs Mr. Morris’ Statement About Ice Cream. H L. of Davenport and Keeler, Inc., the local chemists, referring to the With the president of the New Haven Dairy Co., published in the Herald Saturday concerning the standard of value of ice cream, expresses himself as highly amused at Mr. Morris’ state- ment. “Mr. Morris,” he says, “claims that the amount of butter fat in ice cream is of little importance in judging its/ Thompson, secretary interview value. But according to all govern-| ment standards, federal, state and | local, a certain percentage of butter fat is the fundamental requirement. | According to the United States stan- dard, ice cream is a frozen product made from cream and sugar and con- taining not than fourteen per cent. of butter fat.” % “Tf one denies this he might as well | deny that butter fat the proper tandard by which to judge milk, and ay that, if it wholesome, skim milk is of as much value as the richest milk from Jersey cows.” Mr. Thompson is in a position to speak with authority in such a matter as this, since he spent three years in government laboratories in Washing- ten in the examination of food pro- ducts. is I | foreign office | were taking part agcertained beyond any that McMILLAN'S WEDNESDAYS AT NG THE MONTH Wednesday This Week, Beginning at 8,30~ a. m We Shall Put on Sale TWO HUNDRED DRESSES That Are Worth Up to Ten llulla(s at $1.98 ea These advertised dresses will be displayed in our south window and will not be puts - on sale until half past eight o’clock on Wednesday morn- ing. A WORD ABOUT THE SALE LAST WEDNESDAY* We advertised two hun- dred dresses and fully six hundred came after them and some were disappointed through no fault of ours.* This week we have just two hundred of these dresses and two hundred of the ladies are going to get them, because we will not sell more than™ one dress to each customer. Remember Sale begins Wednesday morning, sharp at 8:30 and will continue “or 314 hours because we close w. at noon on Wednesdays. RUMPLED SHIRT - WAISTS That Were 97c up to $1.9! All on Sale Wednesday for 49c each See Waists displayed in our north window until Wednes- day at 8:30 a. m. D. McMILLAN 199.201-203 MAIN STREET. " - FRANCE BREAKS WITH AUSTRIA-HUNGARY . Miplomatic Relations Between Coun- (ries Ceases Since Austria Has Given Aid to Germans, paris, Aug. 11. Via. London.—It was officially announced last night (hat France has broken off diplomatic relations with Austria-Hungary. The French ambassador at Vienna has left the Austrian capital and the Austro- Hungarian ambassador at Paris has asked for his passports In announcing the breaking off of relations with Austria, the French made the following statement “Contrary to urances given by Austria to the French minister of foreign affairs that no Austrian troops in the Franco-Ger- man war, the French government has possible doubt Austrian troops are at outside the Aus- certain present in Germany, trian frontier. “These troops which have set free German troops destined to be em- ployed in fighting the French, ought inaubitably, de facto and jure, to be considered as acting against France. In these circumstances the French smbassador was ordered leave Vienn The Austrian ambassador at Paris, on being informed of France's des cigion, asked for his passporta.”