New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 24, 1914, Page 6

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1914, INEW BRITAIN HERALD | —_— HERALD - PUBLISHING COMPANY, Proprietors. | Tssued datly (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 p. m. at Herald Building, 67 Church St Office at New Britain Entered at the Post Matter. as Second Class Mail Deljvered by carrier to any part of the city for 15 Cents a Week, 65 Cents a Month. Subscriptions for paper to be sent by wmuail vayable in advance. 60 Cenis a Month $7.00 a year. Tha oniy profitabble advertising medium in the city. Circulation books and pres: rcom alweys open to advertl [The Herald wu: be foynd on Jing's News Stand, 42nd St. and_Broad- way, New York City; Board Walk, Atiantic City, and Hartford depot. . TELEPHONE CALLS. Jusiness Office. ...... ditorial Rooms. BIG BATTLE ON. The big battle which may bring to close the present European war Is in progress in Belgium between the ermans and the allies; it may last or several days and yet it may be of horter quration, but when it is at an nd and ‘the question of supremacy decided it will be a comparatively asy matter to talk of peace plans. [Che battle line extends over a dis- ance of many miles, the French and tish soldiers taking the offensive. [Phe Germans have reached the point hey were aiming for and they must ontinue to push forward, for any. packward movement will mean Eround lost that will be difficult to re- over. Each army has several hun- fired thousand men, with the possibil- ty ‘of reinforcements, so that the im- hnensity of the struggle may be gath- pred from this fact. There is every vidence that it will be a fight to the eath and while it will not destroy all he forces of the warring nations is believed that the destruction will e 80 great that it will cause the coun- ries involved to hesitate before going ny further. ‘When (war was declared it was not ught thst -Belgum would be he scene of the great battle, but as jhe route of the Germans lay through at, country there was no alternative ut to fight, theBelgians putting up a ost stubborn resistance. The extent f the damage .done there and the lumber of mentkilled will _not - be nown until theiair has cleared, cen- prship of news removed and angements wellson toward peace. It as in Belgium ithat the battle of aterloo was fought ninety-nine lears ago, which,resulted in the de- at oftNapoleon and a great victory pr the¢ Duke of Wellington. It is a range\coincidencethat another great ttle is,being fought near the same pot and \practically'the same nations e involved. The scheme of the llies is evidently to.hold the German y in itsipresent position while ussia makessits attack from the east. can be seem that the crisis in the ar is rapidlyiapproaching. ar- E. J. HILL WILL ACCEPT. -Ebenezer J.\Hill has: written a let- br to the Bridgeport'Telegram in pswer - to that \paper's request that e say whether he would accept a re- omination for congress and he says hat if nominated he will accept. here is hardly any one who did not cpect to see Mr. Hill a candidate d it is his privilege.to be so if he hooses. He naturallytfelt.hurt over defeat two years:ago but the bund was made particularly sore by son of the fact thatiit was infiicted Jerry Donovan. It would be a greatiinjustice, how- er, to say that Mr. (Hill is not’ an Je man in many respects. He rved in congress for a number of ars and is now closing up to 70, bt so far as the tariff, which is one of special subjects is concerned he longs to another day for there is no le who seriously believes that his idea a tariff law will ever be enacted in s country again. It has served its hrpose, but the ‘day for such bmes has gone and will never be re- ved in the United States congress. has been emphatically repudiated the people of this country, even e republican party itself has been it up upon this issue and were it ced in power tomorrow the ideas of quarter of a century ago would not resurrected and put forth as the n for the betterment of the countty; hat is needed is a better understand- ex- mood he gave his endorsement to_the Underwood bill, the present tariff law, provided that it does not he cannot very well make much of a muss over the tariff law which he says is satisfactory. C. T. A. U. CONVENTION, The temperance cause as exempli- fied by the Catholic Total Abstihence Union of Connécticut, which is hold- ing its convention in- Hartford today, continues to increase, and New Brit- ain still retains the honor of having the largest soclety in the state. There is no one to whom more credit is due ‘for the healthy temperance growth among the young Catholic people of Conmecticut than the late. Bishop Tierney. It was he who inaugurated the plan of administering the tem- perance pledge to all children at the time of confirmation, and the greater portion of them grew up withotit ever knowing the taste of intoxicating drinks, It was the most natural thing in the world for them to join tempe.rance societies and consequently the union today reported a member- ship of over -10,000, It is a peculiar fact that these societies have a much more healthy growth in some cities than in others, but the success of the movement depends to a large degree upon the personal effort and energy exerted. Figures are not at hand to show how many children were con- firmed by Bishop Tierney, but they number well up in the thousands, many of those were girls who have not joined any society, but a large number of the boys have become identified with some temperance or- ganization, the one having the accom- modations, such for instance as the Young Men’s of this city, being given the preference. Some of the socie- ties are not affillated with the union, one in Meriden having a membership of approximately 800 is among them. These organizations as a rule do not mix in politics, if any of the members choose to vote no license they have the privilege of doing so, but as an organization they keep out of it and there is hardly any doubt but this at- titude has served to keep out the an- noyances that political associations al- ways engender, EXPLAINING HIGH PRICES. Armour & Co.. evidently do not propose to allow any false impression to get abroad concerning it and the recent rise in prices; it apparently holds itself blameless for the increase in the cost of meat and at the inves- tigation which followed its represen- tatives testified’ that there. was a shortage of cattle. Since then they have said that the predictions made so loudly when war was declared that prices would be raised caused many to purchase in larger lots than previously, the increased demand for foodstuffs causing a rise in the price. There is no doubt but that a great many-misstatements -have been made as regards such matters, but there is no reason to doubt that when there is a large demand for an article that the price will go up. That is a rule laid down by political economists and it has been proven so often that there can be no doubt of its manner of op- eration, But aside from this there is evidence that prices of some ar- ticles have been advanced because of a desire to make money, and the present offered the opportunity, It is these interests that the investigators need to, capture because they should be punished. If there is any law to protect the public from such rapacious people it certainly ought to be applied with full force. There is no evidence that meats will ever be sold again at as low a price as some years ago. The cattle are not being raised to supply the market, there are more people -eating meat than ever and the inevitable result is higher prices. This, however, does not apply to all classes of goods and it is the offenders who are. really to blame that the authorities should ferret out and make an example of. Pontiff and Poor -Man. (New “York World.) Probably no state paper to which the late Pope Pius X., ever set his hand, no encyclical or apostolical brief, can have approached in general public interest the simple will in Which he disposes of his meagre es- tate. In this brief testament, while only asking that the holy see grant trifling pensions to his sisters and his valet, he says: *“I was -born a poor man, lived a poor man and wish to die a poor man.’ ‘With these words the pope writes his own epitabph in a phraseology which cannot be matched, while be- queathing to the world an example of simple living from which it cannot fail to profit. This is the life of the ideal churchman—to be born poor, of the situation and there has not en a better time in the last fifty than the present for studying it. Hill is too old & man to begin on t line and the proof of it lies in the that he has been preaching the ‘old doctrine ever since he quit/ pg two vears ago, except on one when in a more thoughtful to live pgor and to die PoOT—anq cer. tainly it is an inspéring thing that the ideal of the church’s founder coulq be realized by a modern head of the great Catholic establishment in apn environment of ecclesiastical pomp and splendor. Pius X. in Peter’s seat was still the simple parish priest, and the memory of the simplicity of his life will long endure, to the credit of his church. o | any lower, so that if he is mominated | FACTS AND FANCIES. Canadian married men may not go to war unless their wives say thay may. This veto power has been exer- cised so freely that the military au- thorities at Ottawa are much worried over its effects upon the strength of the volunteer regiments now being formed, But who ever heard of a woman who wouldn't keep her hus- band at home if she had the chance? —Bridgeport Standard. Governor Baldwin has urged upon the Connecticut members of congress the need for supporting the bill for the improvement of New York har- bor, as a means of strengthening our national defenses. Evidently some one in New York is playing pretty clever politics. If New York can get other states to urge her improvement schemes on congress, she gets very valuable and obviously disinterested support.—Hartford Post. When the Cunard liner Laconia went out Wednesday, - with 50,000 b els of wheat in her hold, although she was disguised as to her funnels and superstructure with paint, so as to resemble a ship of the Scandi- navian-American line, nevertheless the name “Laconia, Liverpool,” in big gilded letters, visible a mile away, still remained on her bow and stern. Evi- dently there was little apprehension felt on board of being overhauled by any cruiser.—Waterbury American. The fact that Congressman Bryan F. Mahan has taken himself out of the way, apparently, for a renomination for congressman in the second dis- trict, has brought out quite a num- ber of democratic candidates. It s said that State Senator Frederick A. Johnson of Montville would not mind getting the democratic nomination. But those who claim to know a thing or two say that New London cannot have the nomination this time, unless Congressman Mahan is again a candi- date. It is whispered that Tollan county may have a candidate in the person of former State Senator Pin- ney. Even Windham hints that Comptroller. Dunn of Willimantic might take a shy for the job. This latter, however, is very unlikely. Comptroller Dunn wants a renomina- tion and he is pretty sure to get it.— Bridgeport Post. This is a good year to start an agi- tation for the installation of water meters in every home and store and factory supplied with water by the city. Those who don’t want meters won’t have to worry about water if they buy rain barrels.—Waterbury Republican, It is swat the mosquito instead of swat the fly along the Connecticut shore this summer. They even tell about- their holding up a car on the 'Blectric Shore line, which report would probably be confirmed if the road ran through Winsted.—Ansonia Sentinel, Prof. Fisher's style of campaigning does not satisfy some of his newspaper critics, but give it time and it is go- ing to prove effective. It is a new thing in Connecticut for a candidate for office to see the voters. It is easier to see the men who fix things up for the voters. But inasmuch as this commonwealth is in theory a de- mocracy with a representative govern- ment, it seems an honest, manly way to go about it as Prof, Fisher is doing, telling his story to people where he can find them, under his own auspices and without the aid of bands and torchlight processions.—Waterbury Republican. Manufacturers’ Opportunity. (New York Times.) The protectionist theory that a high tariff on imports fosters home manu- factures is shaken up by the fact that a Buropean war began less than .a month ago has already deprived our raarkets of supplies of many chemi- cals which might easily be produced in this country. It was to be expected that we would suffer more or less from- the latck of drugs and.medical preparations manufactured in Ger- many by processes kept secret. But that we would run short of carbolic acid, menthol, and the dyes easily made from coal tar certainly never entered the common mind. Our manufacturers of soap, woolen, cot- ton, and linen goods, and other ar- ticles of daily use will be compelled to wait either until the war is over or our own manufactures of chemi- cals awake to the needs of the situa- tien. 1t is likely that nearly all the chemi- cals which are now in so great de- mand could be manufactured here. In the manufacture of illuminating gas alone there are many by-products which could be put to use here as they are in foreign countries. So far as drugs are concerned, probably there are only a few which will be missed. Oliver Wandell Holmes. once said that if all the drugs in the world were thrown in the sea mankind would be benefited, though the fishes might be injured. There are a few drugs, however, of which German chemists hold the secret which are of unquestioned benefit to humanity, and it is to be hoped that those German chemists who hold the secrets may be induced, by the embargo placed on trade by this war, to publish them to the world. Meanwhile, in regard to the chemicals needed in the arts and trades it is trite to say that a great opportunity confronts American chemical manufacturers. The same thing may be as truthfully said of American manufacturers in many other lines. The opportunity is ob- vious, but if they refuse to take it until a high tariff is enacted, it will be, missed altogether. McMILLAN'S| WEDNESDAY MORNING WEEK BEGINNING AT HALF PAST 8 O'CLOCK, Another Sensational Sale Three. Hundred Summer Dresses at $1.00 ea. Not one dress in this lot worth less than two dollars. Many of them worth up to five dol- lars. All of them' go on sale Wednesday morning for $1.00 each. See display in our south window and be on hand Wednesday morning. Children’s Gingham Dresses, 2 to 6 Year Sizes, Wednesday at 25¢ Each Why do any sewing for the little ones when you get such dresses for 25c each? g See these dresses displayed in our north window. D. McMILLAN 199-201-203 MAIN STREET. Dog Days. (Cleveland Plain Dealer.) Midsummer follies and untoward occurrences are best explained by terming them dog day products. The dog day period has long been marked by strange happenings. Hippocrates, who lived 450 years B. C., is quoted as saying the dog day period was the hottest and most unhealthy of the entire summer. Modern dog day developments are shown by strange stories that make their appearance. where the ordinary events of nature seem, by some strange freak, to be quite ' turned about. One need not be excited if these stories appear numerous, be- cause they simply reflect the spirit of the period. Stories of one day this week seem to mark the high tide of dog day - time, that strange season about the time of the heliacal rising of the dog star, covering a portion of July and Au- gust. These stories seemed to prove the blaze of the dog star had been seen and its burning heat felt in many places. That staid and proper city, Phila- delphia, scored with one that ranked high. It produced a policeman, once a football star in college, later a play- er of a slide trombone in a city band, who developed a great fondness for embroidery while doing duty in the station on the reserves. To make the story more wildly improbable, it was stated he was a brave and vigorous copper. Neenah, Wis., came in with a Ply- mouth Rock hen who disdained to lay eggs daily, as other plebeian hens did, but laid three per month, the eggs being three inches long and six inches in circumference. Muncie, Ind., brought in one where’ a drove of hogs became crazed with the heat and attacked a law abiding farmer taking a noonday siesta in a bammock. The man threw his patent leather shoes to the hogs and while they tore the shoes to pieces he made his escape in an auto. Grand Junction, Colo., the city that gets water for irrigation through a tunnel bored through & mountain, brought in a hummer. Two years ago a fruit raiser there befriended a crippled gray squirrel found in his orchard. Nursing it back to health, he turned it loose ready to face the world and hustle for a living. This vear a great army of gray squirrels visited his orchard, picked all the ripe apricots, deftly removed the sweet tasting pits, and carried them away for winter forage. The farmer harvested his apricots by picking them off the ground and got two cents per pound extra because the pits had been removed. These are but samples of the weird stories. Each neighborhood has its own. and grocery has heard them over and ‘over. When the dog star is at its height it is best not to get excited over strange stories. It is the dog star. TRULY---OUR GREATEST AUGUST URNITURE SALE An event that will go down in the big store’'s history as one of the wonders of the year. records for August furniture selling have been eclipsed. splendid furniture they have bought at this sale so advantageously. All past Hundreds of new friends won because of the And now commences another week of August Sale offerings and many features that will appeal to every lover of the home beautiful and the home comfortable.—WISE, SMITH & CO. HARTFORD, This Week We Will Specialize On Living Room and Library Furniture. And you will be able to buy fine leather and fabric cov- ~red furniture at prices a full 256 per cent. 'd have sold the same pieces for last week. ¢ e ne upholstered pieces from one kers at a great sacrifice from lower than we This is made the fortunate purchase of A SOLID CARLOAD of America’s foremost his regular prices. They 1ve heen received, opened up and sampled and are now ready tor you inspection. are so low able home. They are good to look at and the prices that they should attract every lover of a comfort- On sale 5 the floorAss always in a special lot first choosing will be best, remember these prices apply to the car. load purchase only and while there pieces to dispose of, they will not last long, so avoid hundred disap- are over one pointment and come early. B —— e Large and Au- $53.75 Handsome Chairs and Rockers. comfortable, genuine brown Spanish leather, gust Sale Carload Purchase Price $34.95. $39.75 Value Living Room Chairs. Large and com- fortable chairs and rockers, covered in fast color; foreign tapestries, August Sale Carload Purchase Price $24.99. $43.75 Value English Club Pattern Chairs and Rockers, covered in beautiful fast color foreign tap- estries, August Sale Carolad Purchase Price $29.95. -$44.75 Colonial Wing Chairs. Solid mahogany covered frames covered in fine imported velour, Au- gust sale Carload Price $29.99. $27.50 English Club Design Chairs and Rockers covered in genuine brown Spanish leather, August Sale Carload Purchase Price $17.99. $149.00 value 4-Piece Living Room Suite. Solid San Domingo mahogany frames, finest panne mo- hair covering, August Sale Cuarload Purchase Price $89.99. $64.76 Value Davenports, luxurious, comfortable, 78-inches long covered in fine fancy denim, August Sale Carload Purchase Price ‘$49.75. $89.76 Value Davenports. Tufted seats backs, full, deep steel spring work, soft as August Sale Carload Purchase Price $61.99, $75 Value Living Room Suites. Mahogany finish frames upholstered in serviceable tapestry, 3-pieces August Sale Carload Purchase Price $42.88, $95 Value Colonial Living Room Suite. 3-pieces carved, claw and ball feet, fine panne mohair cov- ered, ‘August Sale Carload Purchase Price $57.50. $125 Value Living Room Suite. 3 pieces, mahog- any finish frames, genuine brown Spanish leather, August Sale Carload Purchase Price $59.75. and down, Library Tables Greatly Underpriced Fine stately, beautifully made mahogany library tables from our regular stock that we have re- priced to fit in with the carload purchase of uphol- stered piec making it po ble for you to procure complete living room or library outfit at lowest price ever known on high quality furniture. COLONIAL REPRODUCTION — MAHOGAN LABRARY TABLES. Reduced from $29.95 to $22.75. Keduced from $33.95 to $24.99. Reduced from $37.50 to $27.50. Reduced from $42.00 to $31.50. Reduced from $49.75 to $34.99. ‘Phone orders Charter 3050, and Mail Orders promptly filled. WISE, SMITH & CO. HARTFORD $29.50 Colonial Fireside Wing Chairs and Rock- ers, solid mahogany frames colonial design turnings, fine fancy denim covers, August Carload Purchase Price $18.66, $40 Value Colonial Arm Chairs. Genuine brown Spanish leather solid mahogany frames, August Sale Carload Purchase Price $24.95, $18.75 English Club Type Arm Chairs and Rock- ers, covered in mule skin leatherette, August Sale Carload Purchase Price $9.88. $24.560 Colonial Fireside Wing Chairs. stered in fine fancy denim, August Sale Purchase Price $14.99. $24.60 Value Living Room Chairs and Rockers, covered in genuine brown Spanish leather, August Sale Carload Purchase Price $15.88. $60 Value Turkish Platform Base Rockers. uine horse hide or brown Spanish leather, Sale Carload Purchase Price $34.95. $44.95 Odd Sofas. Genuine Spanish leather, August Sale Carload Purchase Price $24.95, $79 Odd Sofas. English club designs, genuine brown Spanish leather, August Sale Carload Pur- chase Price $50.00. $44.75 Value English Club Design Chairs. ine brown Spanish leather, August Sale Purchase Price $29.99. $47.50 Value Living Room Chairs. Elegant up- holstery, fine exclusive foreign tapestry covering, August Sale Carload Purchase Price $32.75, Uphol- Carload Gen- August brown Genu- Carload Book Cases at Decisive Reductions These are also our regular stock, price reduced so that you make complete your library furnishing at a great saving in price. Colonial mahogany lattice front, double sliding door bookcases, reduced from $39.75 to $32.75. Colonizl mahogany scroll design, double sliding door bookcases, reduced from $36,75 to $28.75, Colonial mahogany scroll design, double sliding door bookcuses, reduced from $39.95 to $31.99. Mahogany finish, plain front, triple door cases, reduced from $32.75 to $24.95. Muhogany colonial design Esquetoire, from $37.70 to $29.75. Mahogary colonial design from $26.7% to $19.75. 7 book- reduced Esquetoire, reduced Our Restaurant, an fideal place for a light lunch, a cup of tea o substantial re- past. DAILY DELIVERY in New Britain, Elmwood, Newington, Cedar Hill, Maple Hill and C'ayton. The Passing of Quaker At a Friends' meeting in Philadel- Speech. | garb and the . Indianapolis Star.) < e is expected from plain there undoubtedly is one. the wearers of the distinctive costume—the straight, er. utter collapse and it is feared that her reason has gone. language, vet The speech se- The woman i in a condition of Each village blacksmith shop | ‘phia the other day several speakers expressed regret that the distinctive Quaker speech, known as the “plain language,” was going so rapidly out of use. It was asserted that the gen- tleness that distinguished it .made it especially desirable and effective ana that the influence of Friends was in a measure decreased by its abandon- ment. Doubtless this view is correct. The Quaker speech, now so rarely heard, was always much liked by people not members of the sect because it was assoclated with calmness and seren- ity of manner. Probably this serenity was & quality not dependent on the language used, but was a matter of temperament and habit, but it seemed an essential accompaniment of the gentle “thee and thou” and other peculiar forms of address. As used, this Quaker speech was not strictly grammatical—'thee for example, being open to objection if | anyone ever thought of it in a critical Nevertheless, “‘thee is” had its way. charm. The passing of the Quaker costume was also spoken of with some regret, vet those who lamented its disappear- ance were not insistent on its readop- tion. Apparently they saw no espe- | cial connection between ' the plain vere gowns and the close-fitting bon- nets, and loses its effectiveness when it comes from the lips of a woman ar- raved in fashionable attire, The change in dress was urged by the young generation of Quakers on the plea that the old fashions set them apart from their neighbors and were a hindrance. Perhaps they did not mean to give up the quaint speech al- so. but its disuse was inevitable. It does not belong with worldly dress, CONDITION PITIABLE. Belgian Refugees Arrive at The Hague After Losing All Their Possessions. The Hague, via Aug. 24, 2:12 p. m.—Belgian refugees are ar- riving here in large numbers, Their They have lost and their homes London, condition is pitiable. all their possessions have been burned One woman and her two small chil- dren had n forced to look on while her husband was shot to death by German cavalrymen. Later, in her flight, she became separated from her children, but a neighbor succeed- ed in getting them to The Hague, where they were restored to the moth- HORSE THIEF BOUND OVER Ridgefield Man Held Under $1,000 Bonds for Trial in Superior Court. Ridgefild. Aug. 24.—Andrew Mas- tin, aged twenty-three, wa: arraigned before a justice of the peace here to- day charged with horse stealing, pleaded guilty and was held under $1,000 for trial in the superior court, He is charged with having taken from a pasture, a week ago last Saturday, a racing mare belonging to Nelson Lockwood. A few days later the animal was found in an abandoned stable at The Port of Missing Men, New York state, It was in a famished condition, Mas- tin was arrested Saturday night ENGLISH SPRINTER INJURED, New York, Aug. 24.—Willlam R Applegarth, the English sprinter, will not be able to come this country next month for the amateur athletic unfon championship games at Baltimore, it was announced here today, because of injuries received in the recent Celtic club meet in Eng- land. to