New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 12, 1915, Page 3

“ESSEX” and - “FOREST MILLS Fine Weave and Knit Underwear for Women and Children. Virtually without seams as smooti We carry them in all a full inside as out. styles of Vests and pants also iine of unions. Children’s vests and pants 50c. : Misses unions, 25c to 50c. Ladies’' unions, 50c to $1.25 “Cumfy Cut’ Ladies underwear “with can’t slip straps The merit of this garment over the old style lies in the fact that the shoulder straps are placed so that they will not slip off, no what position the wearer assumes hence the ‘name “Comfy Cut,” vests 25c¢ unions, 50c. matter “B. V. D.” for Men, Vests pantls and unions look for the red label on i every garment marked B. V. D. vests and pants 50c unions $1.00. “Porosknit”” Underwear for men and boys cool and comfortable singl: pieces and unions. Boys singles 25c¢ unions, 50c, Men’s singles, 50c, unions $1.00 “Fitrite” vests for ladies’ The cut of this garment insures comfort ‘and fit adapts itself to any shape gown or waist, covers the on the shoulders all sizes 26c. PULLAR & NIVEN TAUGHT MASTERING OF ARMY RIFLE Amateur Y., Camp Receive Instructions of Soldiers at Plattsburg, N. Manual of Arms. Plattsburg, N. Y., Aug. 12—Real work was the portion yesterday of -the one thousand and more business men and others assembled at the mu- itary camp of instruction here The day’s training had to do with the mastering of the army rifle and re- - ceiving instructions of manusl of arms. Garbed in khaki, the amateur soldiers, who are enthusiastic in their zeal to prepare themselves for their country’s service, should they be needed at any time, went through military evolutions at the command of regular army officers. New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore and Chicago are represent- ed in the camp. New York City has the largest representation, its quom, being 650 men headed by Mayor John | | Boston is next with | Purroy Mitchel. 250, Philadelphia has 125, Baltimorc 78 and Chicago 30. Major General Leonard Wood, who is- at the camp. is pleased with the enthusiasm of the workers and fitness they show for the work. TELLER ROBBED BANK. Cedar Rapids National ployee Admits Theft. Cedar Rapids, Ia., cording to the police, paying teller of the Cedar National bank, which bery. At the time of the robbery Perrin said that he had been held up by a robber who compelled him to stand over the money and then locked him | in the bank vault. Perrin was found in the vault in an apparently hys- terical condition and taken to a hos- Later the police took him in pital. custody. FRENCH ATTACK Z SPPELIN. Drop Bombs On Alrship At Ostend— | Ostend Also Bombarded. Paris, Aug. 1 The French Istry of Marine issued yesterday following communique On Aug. trom the aviaticn dropped twelve incendiary bombs kilogrammes on the Zeppelin doned. Our_ aviators also carried out a night bombardment of Ostend, drop- ping forty-nine bombs of ninety kilo- grammes on the city. 25¢c to ! armpit ! with ease and comfort, will not slip | the | Bank Em- Aug. '12.—Ac- Leo ' Perrin. Rapids s was robbed | s Ur: v of $21,300 a week ago, yesterday con- | Awmesicaniymuorters iUrse RV lson o fessed that he committed the roh- Min- the 10 French hydroaeroplanes center at Dunkirk of 120 kilogrammes and six of ninety which entered Ostend and had been aban- BLOWS UP HES []WN Was No Chance of Escape London, Aug. 12.—The British pa- trol beat Ramsey has been sunk in the North seca by the German steamer night. The Meteor, az she was being chased by British vessels, was blown up by her commander, the statement adds. The text of the statement follows: ““H. M. 8. Ramsey, Lieutenant . Raby, R. N. R., a small armed patrol vessel, was sunk by the German armed fleet auxiliary steamer Meteor August 8 in the North Sea. Four officers and thirty-nine men were saved. sighted By Squadron. “The Meteor subsequently was sighted by a squadron of British crui- sers, and her commanding oflicer, real- dered the crew to abandon the ship und then blew her up:-” The admiralty in a casualty list is- sued last night said the five officers were lost in the sinking of the Ram- | = - ey and that two were lost in the sink- destroyer’ ing of the torpedo bot Lynx when he struck a mine in North sea last Monday. the Fomer Hamburg-American Ship. The Meteor was formerly owned by the Hamburg-American Steamship company, and was buiit at Hamburg in 1904. 328 feet long, forty-four feet beam and eghteen feet long. The Ramsey was a merchant vessel, which went into commission in the British navy in November, 1914. German Version of Exploits. Amsterdam, .Aug. 11, via London, Aug 12, 1:40 a. m.—The German vér- sion of the exploits of the auxiliary Meteor which was blown up by her commander to escape capture by the British warships is contained in an official statement issued by the ad- miralty at Berlin. The statement says:i— “The auxilary vessel Meteor, after having boldly broken through the British watching forces, waged a com- mericial war. Save Forty of Crew. “Saturday night she encountered the British auxiliary cruiser Ramsey which the Meteor attacked and de- stroyed, saving forty members of the crew. The following day four cruisers surrounded the Meteor. As battle was hopeless and escape im- possible, Commander Behnke sank theé | Meteor after the grew British prison- ers, and the crew of a sailing vessel which it had sunk as a prize, had been secured. The Meteor’s entire crew safely reached a German port.” The report states tnat the Meteor was a merchantman outfitted as a mine-layer. British AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE SUNK BY ITALIANS U-12 Torpedoed and Sent to Bottom in Upper Adriatic Sea With All iia.nds on Board. Rome, Aug. 12. "It is officially an- nounced that the Austrian *submarine U-12 has been torpedoed and sunk with all hands in the upper Adriatic sea by an Italian submarine. The announcement was made in a statement issued by ‘the navy depart- ment yesterday which added:— “This morning two Austrian to- pedo boat destrgyers bombarded Bari, Santo Spirito and Molfetta southern Italy eh the Adriatic. One civilian was killed and seven were wounded. There was no appreciable material | damage. The U-12 was of the latest type of submarines in the Austrian navy, She was built in 1915 and had a displace- ment of 1,000 tons. She was 105 feet in length, twenty-one feet beam and carried five torpedo tubes. Her maxi- mum speed was eighteen knots above water and ten knots below. PROTEST BRITISH BLOCKADE., Take Action. New York, Aug. 12.—After listening to a speech by Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia, more than 300 New York im- porters yesterday adopted a petition to President Wilson urging him to take prompt and strenuous action to re- | lieye American importers of the con- | ditions caused by Great Britain’s re- | fusal to allow the products of Ger- many and Austria to be shipped from | neutral ports to the United States. ‘nacor Smith declared t blockade, as carrfed ont by Great Britain, was one of the most flagrant | ana Inexcusable violations of neutral | rights in naval history. the Kidney rrouble preys upon the mind, discourages and lessens ambition; beauty, e vigor and cheerfulness of- W OMEN ten disappear when the kidneys are out of order or diseased. ¥or good results use Dr. Kil- mer’s Swamp-Root the great kidney rem- edy. At druggists. Sample sizc bottle by ‘Parcel Post, also pamphlet. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co. Binghamton, N. Y., and cnclose ten cents. When writing mention the New Britain Dally Herald. German Gommander Saw There | | Meteor, it was officially announced last | izing that escape was impossible, or- She was of 3,613 gross tons, | R el e TR e B GRS « TN M . S . U J. Preparmg for Any FEventuality in Vera Cruzg Alarming reports from Vera Cruz that anti-American had broken out in the Carranza cap- ital and that foreigners were in peril caused orders to rush the battleships Louisiana and New Hampshire from Newport to Vera Cruz. Opinion is general that a crisis has been reach- ed in the Mexican situation. Accord- demonstrations MEXICAN TROQOPS PARADING 77 ;lfiQ CRUZ-j ing to reports from official sources, mobs are gathered in the streets to listen to incendiary speeches against the Americans. The refusal of Pres- ident Wilson and the Latin American conferees to recognize Carranza is given as the cause of the demonstra- tion. The accompanying photograph shows Mexican' troops parading in the city of Vera Cruz. LAKE TORPEDO BOAT MACHINISTS STRIKE Demands for Eight Hour Day and More Pay Refused Bridgeport, Aug. 12.—The walkout of seventy machinists and helpers at the Lake Torpedo Boat company, which is rushed with orders for sub- marines for the United States govern- ment; the granting of a fifty-hour work -week: by the Burns and Bassick Manufacturing company, which was turned down at a mass meeting of the employes in machinists’ headquarters and the voting of the employes of the American and British company and the Standard Manufacturing company to present' demands to these com- panies and to strike if they are re- fused, was the net result of the labor agitation here yesterday. It was one of the most momentous days since the outbreak of the trou- ble here and- at the close of the sev- eral meetings held last night President W. H. Johnston of the International Association of Machinists, declared that ‘‘strikes were like scarlet fever epidemics—contagious—and that he feared unless the manufacturers showed a more conciliatory attitude that the situation would get beyond his control.” Unexpected in Union Circies. The strike at the Lake Torpedo Boat company was somewhat precin- itous and unexpected in union circles. The officers of the union first sought a conference with the officials of thé company relative' to a presentanon of the demands. The company stated they preterred to treat with a com- mittee 6f their own'employes. As a result, a committee was ap- pointed from the factory which wait- ed on the officials yesterday afternoon, shortly before 3 o’clock. The coun- mittee presented their demands for a universal eight-hour day and an increase in pay, together with some other minor requests. Most of them were flatly refused. The rate of wages was declared to be exorbitant. Held Meeting Last Night. The committee demanded an im- mediate reply and when it met with a refusal the men walked out at 3:15 o’clock. They held a meeting last night at Machinists’ headquartres, but nothing was given out for publica- tion. H. rector M. S. Robinson, managing di- of the Lake Torpedo Boat Co., /.’:ave out this statement: “All the machinists and helpers in- volved are American citizens and in view of the fact that the only work carried on by the Lake Torpedo Boat company is for the defense of the United tes government, it is dif cult to understand what may have influenced the action of these em- ployes, unless one should look behind the facts as they appear.” NEWS REPORTER DEAD. York, Aug. 12.—Nicholas A. Horton, ship news reporter for The Associated Press at City Island, died at his home there late yesterday. He wag born in 1857 and entered The Associated Press service in 1878. SHIP oW ,EHANEES INRULES { charge of munitions, tells the | present withstand any shock, an army which, i good; that is to sa pared to remain as it is if necesss | in England and in France. standing the formidable resources at thn disposal of Germany it is not pos- MADE BY REDFIELD Action on Steamboat Inspection Service Follows Eastland Probe Washington, Aug. 12.—Changes in | regulations of the steamboat inspection service and the | the rules and appointment of a special committee to recommend steps for safeguarding passenger traffic on tne great lakes, were ordered yesterday by Secretary Redfield of the department of com- merce, as a result of his investigation of the Eastland disaster at Chicago. New regulations will be based up- on the report of the board of inquiry which with Secretary Redfield, con- ducted the investigation and recom- mended the following: Must Inspect Vessel, “Increasing of passenger carrying permits must be issued by inspectors only after personal inspection of the vessel, of which inspeciion a written | record shall be made. “All inspectors are ordered to re- quire owners of vessels whose stability they have any reason to question, to make ‘inclining tests’ on such vessels, under the supervision of the expert | naval architects, provided by the de- | partment of commerce.” Department Statement. The department statement the following announcement: “Instructions have been issued by Secretary Redfield to the supervising inspector-general of the steamboat in- spection service to incorporate the reg- ulations of the service.” Instructions have also becn given for the formation of a committee of | supervising inspectors selected from the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts, jointly with those in charge of the two districts on the Great Lakes, to study conditions in the service on the Great Lakes with special references to the | safeguarding of passenger traffic and to take such steps in connection with the same as may seem to be necessary, suggesting such changes in the rules and regulations, as may, in their judg- ment, be required. issued MARSHAL PRAYS FOR WILSON. President Says He Does Not Envy President. Vice 12.—1In *a Marshall Kan., here Vice made a strang plea for Americs heed the advice of President Wil and said: “And 1 want to say r now there is one President of this United States who is not envied by the Vice President and that is Pres- ident Wilson. There is not a night 1 don't pray before T go to bed for the safety and protection of our Aug. President Peabody, speech President. Referring to the war in Mexico. Mr. Marshall remarked that the real trou- ble down there was that there was no Vice President. FRENCH ARMY HAS PLENTY OF MUNITIONS Under Sccretary of War C(ul\'ln('(‘dl That Allies Will Win Complete Vic- tory in European Struggle, 12, 3:20 a. secretary Aug. under m.—Albert ar in Petit Parisien that France’s efforts to pro- of duce munitions are different in meth. od but equal in results to those of England, which he recently revieweq The newspaper quotes him as follows: “We have an army which at the moment is armed so as to on the other hand, is capable of malk. ing a strong offensive. Its morale is the army is pre- “Kvery day our strength grows both Notwith- sible that the resources of the allies will not assure them, when the time is ripe, complete victor: What we have, what England will have-—all the | can create—will I am convinced Every day I conviction resources that she assure us supremacy. of this because 1 know. repeat to my friends my that we shall be victorious.” GERMANS MUST GET TO CONSTANTINOPLE * Count Reventlow Declares Kaiser Must Make the New Triple Al- liance a Reality. Amsterdam, via London, Aug. 12, 6:36 A. M.—Discussing the Balkan sit- uation in the Tage Zeitung, Count Reventlow declares that Germany must cut her way through to Con- stantinople and make the new triple alliance a reality. “_The demand for direct communi cation between Hungary and Turkey,” he writes, “has found expression more and more energetically during the past few months. Among the secur- ities which the new triple alliance needs and must obtain is permanent security of the political, economic and military link between Constantinople and Berlin and Vienna. The alliance can develop full strength and highest effect only when the allied powers possess assured communication. In future times of peace no less than now the new triple alliance will constitute a great strategic factor, and the rapid, thorough building up of this factor is our most immediate task.” FRUIT PRODUCTS TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION New York State Department of Foods and Markets to Put Plan Into Effect. New York, Aug. 12.—Apples, pears and probably peaches and other fruit products of New York state will be sold at auction at sales rooms and railroad terminals in this city begin- ning about September 1. The plan will be put into effect by the New York state department of foods and markets. The plan is expected to bring the producer and consumer closer to- gether for the benefit of both, and to give consumers the opportunity of buying fruit at rates in proportion to the size of crops. Fruit growers will be assessed five per cent. of their receipts to cover the expenses of the sales. AIR CRAFT. Aug. 12 NEW Bridgeport, Announce- ment was made here yesterday that | a try-out would be given tomorrow to what is described as a new type of hydro-aeroplane, but which combines in its construction many features of the Curtis acroplone. The new craft it is said is designed chiefly to fight submarines. It will carry a mount- BEATTY VICE ADMIRAL. London, Aug. 12.—The "Official * zette” anncunced today that Sir Dav Beatty has been promoted to oe a vice admiral. He commanded 1he British fleets which in" August, 1914, sank four German warships off Helgo- land. His wife was Edith Field, 2 daughter of the late Marshal Field of Chicago. FOUR MILLION TO AID MILITIA. Washington, Aug. Four miillon dollars, this yvear’s federal appropria- tion to aid the organized militia was apportioned yesterday by Secretary Garison. Half of the amount is for actual field service and rifle practice, and is divided among the states ac- cording to congressional represenia- tion. % S AT Smokers of TorkisH TropHIES Cigarettes fiftecn years ago —are smokers of TURKISH TROPHIB Cigarettcs today i y Mikers of the Highest Grade Tirkish and. Wq,mmmww Store Closed Friday Afternoons Until S8 SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF NET TOP LACES AT LOW PRICES. White and cream col- or, 3 to 6-inch widths, at 25¢ a yard. val Insertions and a few Edges in broken sets, white and cream. to close at only 5c a yard. Special cut prices at the liam- burg Section. WASHABLE B OVERS, TASSEL: greatly reduced prices Trimmings Section. IDS, ALL- elc, at at the COLLARS of every new style, cotton voile, sheer organdy, plain and lace trimmed, 50c each. COLLARS. made of lawn, voile, organdy and Swiss em- broidery—a smart collection at 25¢ each. Men's Polka Dotted all size dots, 50c gach. New plain and fancy Scarves,50c each. Pearl Buttons sizes and styles. carves, silk in nearly all NEED OF SIMPLIFYING TAXING MACHINERY Rearrangement of Administrative Units Is Important Need 12.—The tax of the various San Francisco, Aug. assessment machinery states and municipalities is costing $20,000,000 a year according to an es- timate by A. E. James, statistican of the Wisconsin tax commission, last night in an address before the na- who tional conference on taxation showed the need chinery. “While the solution of the problem is complicated by ever-present politi- cal considerations which interfere with the simplification of governmental functions at every point of contact,” said Mr. James, “one important need is a rearrangement of administrative of simplifying taxing ma- units. The original form of govern- ment in the New England states and which was carried westward to a cer- tain extent, has enormously compli- cated the situation. Wisconsin has, for instance, 1,630 local governments possessed of full assessment machin- ery. Too Many Subdivisions, “Moreover, in many states we have not only too many municipalities but too many subdivisions in them. Many are created near the large cities sim- ply to avoid municipal jurisdiction. Chicago has thirty-seven district tax levying bodies. Such conditions in- | evitably produce more politics, more extravagance and greater complexity, “‘Until such conditions are remedied Wwe must content ourselves with slow- ly working out reforms under con- ditions as they exist; but we are likely t0 see more rather than less decen- | tralization, waste, graft and inefi- ciency. Assessments for Benefits, “There is the constantly increasing tendency to levy so-called assessments for benefits upon restricted areas, thus ficials with the consequent complicat- ed computations. These assessments also lend themselves very readily to real estate speculation and exploita- tion. “In the matter of assessment ma- i v, we should face frankly the fact that local administration is now a failure and it is always certain to be such. Taxation is a state, not a municipal, function. The logic of the situation, therefore, requires state ad- ministration with municipal tax levies | rather than local administration with | state taxes super-imposed. Not Good Sense. “Many states are trying to improve | inefficient local assessments while re- taining the local assessor. In other words the public is paying one lot of | officials good money to persuade or coerce another lot to obey the laws. This may be political expedienecy, but it is not good sense. Wisconsin has some 1,600 local assessors getting an average of $200 each, being $50. From watching their work for ten years, I think it to be literally true that they never make a good sessment except under the whip central authority and this w even did not do much good until the re- | assessment law was passed which gave it a lash. If the supervisors were their own choosing. the net saving 1o given direction of assessments made the public would not be less than in their districts hy subordinates 4!, $200.000 annuall mplify our give the public stand its workings, centralize sibility, and the energy against dead walls and out among the tangled threads of municipal organization will be freed to give us the hetter governed Amer- ica to which our people and for which they the full price.” of vstem of government chance to under- respon- beating wearing i now are now paying bringing in another long train of of- i the rural figure | { the a controlling inter News Publishing Comp Hoker and Sherman H LACES AT VER PRICES NEW 15-INCI LACE for Ca Caps and Unde able value, 50¢ g yard. Black Lace gowns, specially p $1.00 and $1.25 a Venise B lll\‘(‘l\ red in s you Splen cream, at pric ly appreciate ties Now Is the Time to Buy Neck TEES ly hemstitched each. Organdy Vestees, trimmed with lace, color, at 50c each. We show a remar! display of lace Veste and cream, high or $1.00. Buttons, e, 10c, 156 Maline Ruffs, $i soiled. Crepe de Chine Stri in plain nice one organd, HARTFORD ] Sage-Allen & & |CUBS FINALLY FROM D Windy Cityites Raf Twirler Heavily in Chicago, Aug. 12" endeavored yesterday to achievements of his who have been making week at the expense of .Cubs. “Wheezer” was the opening inning and | in the second, the Cubs for enough runs to take i of the series, b to 2. Chicago Brooklyn 050001 « e 01000 Batteries—Lavender Dell, Appleton, Pfeffer Boston Takes a Game St. Louis, Aug, 12,8 the series here yesterda; the first game of a doubl 2, and tying the second latter was called at th‘ ninth inning on account while the score stood 2 hitting marked the op In both games Long getting a homer, a tripl two singles in eight tim driven from the box in came back in the second Louis to three hits in third innings. The scol Boston 8t. Louis Batteries Gowdy; Doak and Snyi Boston St. Louis ... . Ralterlvk}iughel. and Whaling and Go and Gonzales. ZEPPELINS DR BOMBS ON German Admiralty Fight With Brivish Wi Thames on Night of 4 Berlin, 12.—The | miralty reports that on' August 9-10 German al fartified places and harbe Aug. coast of England, In spite of strong defen warships on the Thame London docks, as well ag boats at a point near were ‘dropped with telli said, Important construg Humber were attacked The airships returned, states, after a suceessfuj This is the first intimal Zeppelins which raided i day night had appre; The of the raid.p British iy o reports censor sakd cast eonst had been that 11 a number rteen peisons we wounded BUYS SPRINGIT Springfield, Mass, ' &) Republican” sald 14 passed yesterday transferiby Charl were dent and treasurer, resp are entitled | Republican Company. will continue as presis Daily News Company.”