New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 26, 1914, Page 3

NEW BRITAIN ~*ILY HERALD. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1914. that a number of mines have been seen floating in the waters around Kiauchau. Sign number of Japanese sailors and petition to " BOSTON STORE CHARLEROI RETAKEN Document With Blood. Prices LAST WEDNESDAY CLOSING AF- TERNOON, SEPT. Agents For McCALL . PATTERNS The Perfection of McCall Patterns assures not alone an absolute fit, but adds that note of distinction, style and personality to your wardrobe that the well-dressed woman of They make it possi- refine- ment demands. ble and easy for women of moderate income to always look their best in dainty, stylish gowns at the minimum of expense. With these designs it 15 easy to attain the charm of the pres- ent styles at home. There never was a time when cutting and draping of fashionable clothes was simple and easy as it is toaay. McCall Patterns, all seams allowed. A child can put them together _mc and 15c. McCall Magazine for September. 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Clark 8 Brainerd’s” DRUG STORF the | He was running to Germans Enter Namur Without Encauntering- Much Resistacce. London, Aug. 26, 6 A, M.—The Paris correspondent of the Times who had been on the battlefield earlier in the fighting, says that he met a few miles outside of Philippeville, a Bel- glan officer and the paymaster eral of Namur, who told him that the town of Namur had been occupied by the Germans. It had been sub- jected to a furious bombardment and the German fire was so well regulated that the first few shots had silenced Fort Marchovelette on the northeast and Fort Maizeret on the east. Fort Andoy also suffered badly and was al- most out of action. The story continues: “The Germans entered the town without encounter- Fort Dave at Fort ing much resistance. the southeast of the town and Wepion on the opposite side of the Meuse and the line of forts to the north still resist. Namur Fell Sunday. “In spite of the elaborate prepar- ations with wire entanglements through which was.passed an electri- cal current of 1500 volts and the lib- eral use of broken.glass, Namur fell into the hands of ‘the Germans on Sunday. “The Belgians evacuated the town in an orderly manner. All rolling stock and motor cars were removed and the station master left on the last locomotive with the railway cash box under his arm. The Belgian troops. numbering about 3,000, passed under the protection of a French cavalry screen, within' the French lines.” Six Forts Hold Out. The correspondent adds: “Thus the tery over the two banks of the Meuse almost as far as Dinant. They, how- ever, left behind them six of the eight forts of Namur which, it is expected, will yet cause them considerable an- noyarnce. “Later on Sunday the French artil- lery in its turn, opened fire upon the stricken town of Charleroi. The Germans in the earlier stages of the engagements had poured their shells upon the upper part of the town. The French now emptied their hall of shells upon the lower section of the town and under a supporting fire from - their artillery the French in- fantry advanced slowly in the face of a . stubborn . resistance, upon the town they had just evacuated, re- taining several villages ‘and 'becom- ing once more masters of the line between Thuin (eight miles southwest of Charlerof) and Metax. French Recapture Villages. “At six in the evening the fighting ceased, both sides being thoroughly worn out. The next morning, before dawn, the French artillery again bombarded Charleroi and once more | the indefatigable troops of France swarmed the slope toward the lower part of the town, recapturing the vil- lages of Chatelet, Bouffioulx, March- ienne and Coulllet. The fighting at this stage of the engagement was at- tended by heavy losses on both sides. Charleroi, which was in the center of the action, is an industrial mining district and in the slag heaps of the surrounding country the French found admirable vantage ground, while as in upper Alsace the Germans mounted mitrailleuses in every steeple of the town. “In the face of a withering fire from the German mitrailleuses the French again entered the unhappy town of Charleroi and after furious fighting drove the Germans in con- fusion ‘across the Sambre river. The French entered a city littered with dead, battered by shell fire and de- vastated by every instrument of mod- ern warfare. Shot While Washing. “Outside a dilapidated inn could bé seen the figure of a German officer, the head bowed over a basin of water and the lather of soap dry upon his face. He had been shot while in the act of washing. Another officer lay across a table, his head holding aloft a coffee cup which he was raising to his lips when death found him. In | every part of the city houses were in flames or smoldering. Every cellar was occupied by terror stricken in- habitants.” Evenis Tonight " Keeney's theater, motion pictures. vaudeville and Fox's theater, motion pictures. Band concert at Walnut Iiill park. Meecting of the Woodmen of World ir Bardeck’s hall. the Erwin Castle, K. G. E., moets Holmes and Hoffman's hall. in Meeting of Phenix lodge, 1. O, O, F., ir Jr. O. U. A. M. hall. Carpenters’ union meets 293 Main street. at Meeting of St. Elmo lodge Knights Pythias, at 242 Main street. Valiant Tent, Knights of the Mac- cabees, meets at 321% Main street. of Meeting of Vesta Hive, Ladies ' of the Maccabees, at 277 Main street. gen- | Germans have done much to win mas- | A ; ; another year of school their superlors, signing the document ahead of you— You will learn pretty nearly everything about “numbers” and fractions and dollars and cents. But school won’t teach you the value of a dollar. When you come down Fifth Avenue to Best’s for your cool- weather clothes and things, don’t think how much s a dol- lar but how much will it buy: —How many yards of what kind of stitches material and how the are put in. Yes, and that other quality just as im- portant in a dress for a girl or a suit for a boy: fit and fitness— unmistakable “style.” During the next two weeks Best’s will be the most inter- esting place in New York for boys and girls to bring their mothers and fathers. ' You may be glad to have our new Fall catalogue in meantime, the A note to “Best & Co., New York,” will bring it. Free delivery of purchases,— certainly. Fifth dvenue, West Side, Corner of 35th Street URGES DRAFTING TO AID BRITISH ARMY Lord Roberts, most famous soldiers, who but one of England's for his age would no doubt now be at the front, foresees a long the continent. pulsory war service so can throw the aid of France, Roberts may Britain gium. the front. struggle urged com- that Great 1,000,000 men to Russia and Bel- himself go to He says he is willing. on He has | there that Emperor William'’s CHINESE COOLIES ARE DETAINED BY -FORCE | Kaiser's Message to Tsing-Ta (Garrison is Deaih Warraat. Peking, Aug. 26.—A letter received here from an American at Tsing- Tau, seaport of the German territory of Kilauchau, says it is considered cable- gram to the garrison to resist to the uttermost is virtually the death war- | rant of every member of the force. # The Germans are detaining by | force a large number of coolies, evi- dently for military labor in and about Tsing-Tau. The writer of this letter says fur- thermore that Horace Ramillard, the American vice consul at Tsing Tau, who left before railroad communi- cation was broken, took with him the archives of the American, Brit- ish and Russian consulates. Peking has no information of the landing of the Japanese forces at Kiauchau. The British and French regiments which supposedly are to take part in the land operations against Kiauchau are still at Tien Tsin. The Japanese minister to China vis- ited the foreign office yesterday and requested the removal of the limita- tion to 30 miles on the fighting area around Tsing Tau which has been fixed by the Chinese. The foreign office declined his request. No Needless Sacrifice. Tokio, Aug. 26.—There indications in Tokio that Japan {s conducting her hostilities against Kiauchau, the German leased terri- tory in China, with the greatest de- liberation and circumspection. She desires to avoid needless sacri- fice of life, nor will she Kk her war- ships unnecessarily. It is reported are many with their own blood, in which they ask to be selected to go to the front. The navy department said vester- day it had no knowledge of a reported attack on Tsing-Tau by a British tor- pedo boat destroyer. i The Japan peace association has re- solved to send a communication to the International Peace association, whose headquarters are at Berne, Switzerland, asking this association to labor with the belligerent powers for the speedy restoration of peace. | City Items I Kensington Social club dance, For- | esters’ hall Thursday, Aug. 27.—advt. Nels Nelson and Aaron G. Cohen | went down the river to Saybrook yes- terday to try out their new submarine | diving apparatus. They took pro- | visions for two days, Ext:nsive line of trunks, bags, suit cases. Ryan's, 43 Main street.—advt. J. F. Callahan, ex-president of thv\ local Y. M. T. A. & B. soclety, will | represent the Connecticut branch of the C. T. A. U. on a committee which | has been appointed by the state presi- dent, Rev, J. J. Fitzgerald, to arrange the detalls of next year's national C. T. A. U. convention at Atlantic City, Chimneys repaired. H. A. Trainor Co. Leave orders at Mills' Hardware Store.—advt. WOUNDED DESCRIBE BATTLE OF VOSGES ! French Soldiers in Hospitals at Vichy Relate How Germans Picked Off Officers of Enemy First. London, Aug. 25, 4:10 a. m.—The | correspondent of the Daily Mail de- scribes a visit among the French who were wounded in the battle of the Vosges and have been brought to Vichy, whose palatial hotels have been transformed into hospitals. “I talked with many of these wounded,” he said, “‘three men whé fought side by side sald: ‘It is prob- ably our own fault that we are here. Our major fell at the first volley and then all the other officers at succeed- ing volleys. When we found our- sclves without officers we, not bother- | ing about what was going on at the | front, rear, or flank, fixed bayonets ot 1,200 yards and went at them ) singing all the way. We were just fifty yards from the enemy when we were downed.’ “In an adjoining cot was a sturdy peasant who told me this story: ‘At Cirey a sheli fell full on my knapsack sending me sprawling face down- wards. 1 didn’t stir, expecting every moment to be blown to atoms. After what seemed a half hour, seeing that the shell had not exploded T hunched up my shoulder and the shell gently | 1olled off. It is a pity it was so big as otherwise T should have brought it back as a trinket for my sweetheart.’ “A wounded artilleryman con- tributed the following experience: ‘I witnessed one horrible scene, The Germans were shooting from the deep trenches, among which our artillery was doing terrible work but as fast as a German dropped a fresh man took Lis place until bodies of the Germans were on a level with the surface of the earthworks. At this mument a Ger- | 1an battery was ordered to advance. The heavy wheels sank in the trench but the drivers furiously lashed their horses and finally dragged the guns across the human bridge.’ ™ AEFER'S BIRTHDAY. Richard—You Know Him—Will Pass Fifty-third Milestone Aug. 30. Richard Schaefer, one of New Brit- ain’s best known German-Americans, | is scanning the war news eagerly each evening in the Herald, as he has three nephews and numerous other relatives in the Germany army, Mr, Schaefer was pleased last evening to learn that his countrymen were sweeping all be- fore them, Mr. Schaefer will observe his fifty- third birthday on August 30. He came to this city from Saxony, Germany, on May 21, 1883, and has claimed New Britain as his residence since then. He has taken an active part in the German school and had charge of the institution for eight vears, In 188¢ he became a member of Eintracht lodge, Sons of Hermann, and three years later hecame its sec- retary, In 1893 he was elected a delegate to the national convention in New Haven and while there was chosen national secrétary, which of- fice he has filled continuously for the past twenty-four years. He expects | to be a candidate for re-election, as| it is his ambition to round out a | quarter of a century in that office. Mr. Schaefer is a democrat and has served the sixth ward for two terms as a councilman. He is now living on Bassett street, is married and has two children. | VACATES DECISION. Washington, Aug. 26.-—In conform- ity with the ruling of the supreme court, the interstate commerce com- mission has issued an order vacating its previous decision which held tap lines not to be common carriers. Under the order the divisions of rates which obtained prior to May 1, 1912 will be re-established and tap lines permitted to make Jjoint rates and through routes with trunk lines, Good Auto Roads, A touring information bureau is | maintained by Smith Brothers’ Res- taurant at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. where the tourist is reliably informed Milliner | | ’ | | | | | | At Their Lowest Take Your Choice of Trimmed Hats That Were Up To $12, Now At $1.48 Millinery prices have reached their lowest. We are now clos- ing out our trimmed hats withcut regard to cost at only $1.48 each, They are hats of various styles and colors, all suitable for wear for some time yet this season. you want and the price surely UNTRIMMED All untrimmed hats, $8.00, now only 48c¢. each, them out. We are showing the new fall some excellent new black some and Come in. You may find just the bat will not stand in your way, HATS ONLY 48c. of them worth as high as $7,00 and but we must close An awful sacrifice, All reliable straws and good shapes. hats in the best advanced styles, white effects, Draperies and Upholsteries WONDERFULLY GOOD VALUES, ART NETS AND SCRIMS, Were 20¢, 25¢ and 40¢, To Close 10c yd. A collection of Art Nets, borders, right out of our regular closing out price is 10¢ a yard. Not a large quantity, so do not delay. . were priced 506 save some money. One lot of Art Nets and Over-Draperies both plain and with 26c and 40c lines, an unusually good chance to Scrims, 20¢, Truly that and 76c, now marked only 25c. A small but very desirable collection of Tapestries, good colors, formerly $1.50 to $2.00 a yard, price of 7 FREE DELIVERY DAILY IN NEW BRITAIN AND PLAINVILLE. now reduced to the extremely low Dane-Allen & Co. Hartford, Cenn. SUMMER CLOSING SCHEDULE. Store Will Close At 5 o'Clock Daily, Saturdays at 6, GOOD BREAD HOFFMANN'S AUNT DELIA'S BREAD is GOOD BREAD be- cause it is made in our sanitary bakery, of highes: grade materials and is made by a formula of our own, which brings forth the nat- ural nutritive qualities bread more digestible, by tained in ordinary 'wheat bread, and last, but not least, it that sweet, wheaty taste so characteristic of the wheat berry, also rendering reducing the amount of starch as con« to Hoffmann's “Aunt Delia’s” Bread. For sale at all grocers. Our Thursday Speclal:—Mik Rolls, per doz 8c. regarding good auto roads. Tires in- flated by electricity free.—advt. colored. and the the IT’"S THE TASTE THAT TELLS THE STORY OF “ retains