New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 26, 1915, Page 5

FLAGS OF REPUBLIC .S, lor Fist Time Wil Rein quish Control of Collection Washington, D. C., Aug. 26.—For the first time in the nation's history Uncle Sam has consented to tempor- &ty relinquish control of one of his- ory’s great treasures-—the Washing- ton collection of historic flags of tie republic. Many attempts have been made to the flag collection for exhibition but it remained for of the Forty- cncampment and Fif- of the Grand Re- of the G. A. R., which will be in this city September 27-Oc- 2, to be first to receive this priv- borrow army and navy at triotic gatherin the veterans in charge ninth “Atieth view held tober ilege. As famous flag collections go the American exhibit is not extraordinar- ily large but Uncle Sam demonstrates his love and pride by placing a cash valuation of $15,000 on the collection. ,Several of the more famous of the battle flags, threadbare and torn by the conflicts of 1776, 1812, 1861 are estimated to be worth $1,000 each. Flags on Exhibition. The Citizens Committee in charge of. the encampment will place the flags on exhibition under military and police guard in a storeroom on Penn- sylvania avenue and will lend the yflags for the purposes of display to all responsible citizens of Washington who will in turn deposit bond equal to the valuation to the flag selected. Although the National Capital has already won commendation for its decorations for patriotic events spe- clal efforts are being made to make this feature of the encampment even more notable. To Decorate Business Places. The business establishments along Pennsylvania where the Grand Review will will be draped by gay bunting by day and il- luminated by ornamental electric “Hghts by night. During the week four giant search lights will flash their rays upon the Capitol while a similar number will turn night into day at the U. S. Treasury building, at the west end of mile-long Pennsyl- vania avenue. In addition to tae search lights the Citizens Committee * sexpects to festoon the historic thor- oughfare with thousands of small electric bulbs. THE CURRAN ~DRY 600DS CO. . Alteration Sale in Our _ Ready-to- Wear Dept. Summer Gowns and _Dresses, Also Muslin Underwear Greatly Reduced in Price. annual anniversary avenue pass Friday Is - Housekeepers’ Day Here Extra heavy wool nap Bed Blankets, the . best made in America, $3.00 value, special at $1.98 500 pair of Notting- ham Lace Curtains. worth up to $2.00 a pair, special at 98¢ TRADE IN MOSCOW mercial Capital Never Better (Correspondence of tho Associated Press.) Moscow, Russia, Aug. 20—Life pro- ceeds as much in Moscow, the com- mercial capltal of Russia, and despite the rise In prices, trade in general is good and the buying power of the fact by the prohibition of vodka. At the customary seasons, come crowding into Moscow as in previous years, and summer market of Nishnj has been doing well. ficulty in most lines of trade is find goods enough to meet the mand. The war has led to a short- age of many things for which Rus sia was formerly dependent on Ge: many, Many of these things are al- ready being made in Russia, others | are being brought from England or America. Here the difficulty of trans- | portation figures frequently, but | many small wares are being brought through by parcels post. One of the | largest decpartment stores in Moscow has brought in several million parcels | by this route during the past season, all the packages being reduced to the size and weight of the parcel post regulations. Doubled in Price Some things sold in Moscow have doubled in price, but many others have scarcely advanced at all. The cost of living, according to business and commercial men, averages about fifteen to twenty per cent above last vear. The harvest is expected to surpass even the record of 1913, and the only question is how best to gather it and dispose of it. There are more people in Moscow than in ordinary peace times, be- cause of the influx of refugee families from Southwest Russia and Poland. Although railway fares have gone up one-fourth, '‘owing to the imposition of a war tax of twenty-flve per cent on each ticket, the week-end trains out of Moscow are crowded with mer- rvmakers, and there is standing room only on outgoing trains Saturday and incoming trains Sunday nights. Preparing for War, The population, which, for a time, regarded the war almost as a sort | of lark or holiday, has now come to look upon it with almost exaggerated seriousness. People generally are pre: buyers exactly the big Novgorod to de- | | Buying Power in Russia’s Com- | people was never so great—this latter | being accounted for generally | The one dif- | ——Under the Supervision of — THE HARTFORD SASH & DOOR C( 14 CENTRAL ROW, HARTFORD BANKRUPT SALE? Bonner-Preston Co.’s Stock ¢ WALL PAPE The stock consists of choice imported and domestic pape Oatmeals, Glasscloths and Burlap. Also cui out and plg borders. All these papers must be sold regm?dless of their value. at prices never before quoted in this vicinity. Store Open From 7 A. M. fo 6 P. M. WHERE TOMATO GROP paring for a war of long duration. | Feeling towards the Germans is more | bitter in Moscow than in any other | Russian city. This was shown by the | rioting a few weeks ago, when mil- | lions of dollar’'s worth of German property was destroyed in the shop- ping and commercial districts. Feel- ing against the Germans was accentu- ated about that time by the first reports of the German’s use of poison gases. Within the walls of the Kremlin, troops are being rushed through the preliminary drilling, preparatory to be- ing taken to the advanced camps close behind the front. They leave by companies almost daily, moving away with sprightly step, singing | hymns as they go. En route, thelr trains pass the long ambulance trains returning from the front, laden with wounded and prisoners. So crowded is traffic on the main railroad that many of the troop ambulance trains carry fifty to sixty coaches. STABLE GOVERNMENT FOR HAITIAN PEOPLE Purpose of Treaty for Ten Years Sub- mitted by U. S., Declarees Lansing. ! ‘Washington, Aug. 26.—Secretary Lansing sald yesterday that the treaty the United States has submitted to Haiti proposing ten years control of the government's finance, had for its | purpose the establishment of a stable government which could be entirely turned over to the Haitlens them- selves. The American charge at Port-Au- Prince has asked the Haitien govern- ment for an answer to the American proposals today. Secretary Lansing | confirmed the outline of the plan as | it was stated in yesterday’'s news des- patches from Port-Au-Prince and| sald: “Wo have only one purpose that is to help the Haitlan people and pre- vent them from being exploited by | irresponsible revolutionists. Things | have been going from bad to worse and something must be done. The TUnite@ States government has no purpose of aggression and is entirely disinterested, in promoting this pro- tectorate.” The sccretary added that, of course | the arrangement would have to be | approved by the United States senate. ————— i SUFFIELD HOME LOOTED. Hartford, Conn. Aug. 26.—Jewel- ry valued at several thousand dollars was stolen last night from the home of Charles L. Spencer on Main street, Suffield. Mr.| Spencer is presi- | dent of the First National bank in Suffield. According to information se- cured by the police, a maid discovered a man in the house last night. The man plunged headlong through the window to the ground, making his escape. An inventory of the valuables at the | house disclosed the fact that diamonds, watches, rings and other jewelry be- longing to Mrs. Spencer and her daughter had been taken. The state police have been called to assist the local police. Mrs. Spencer is now in ISHARVESTEDINUS. ! in ventilated cars. Tnteresting Data iven by Experts on This Perishable Vegetable 26.. i year and the fall, commer- of the Washington Aug. ‘Beginning ear continiing until tomatoes are cially from states of the Union. There is prob- ably no other perishable \‘r:‘,(‘(uhl(“ commonly grown out of doors in the United States which appears on the market through a longer season than Joes the tomato. Florida, of course, with tion and climate, stands as the. pre- mier tomato state and star the tomato movement each year in Janu- ary. The northern states, such as New York and Ohio, finish out the season in October, and by the time | the movement is over, approximately relve thousand cars are moved for tuble consumption, according to a recent survey made by the department of agriculture and published in Bulle- tin No. 290, “rail shipment and di tribution of fresh tomatoes in 1914 Florida ships ‘about half the toma- toes moved (6,000 cars), with Mi sippl, New Jersey, and Texas handling approximately 1,600 cars apiece. The other states grow tomatoes in smaller quantities, but in certain districts such as West Tennessee, the crop is of | great local importance. The bulletin presents figures show- ing that a total of twelve thousand cars were moved; but this by no | meansg represents the entire tomato crop, since an effort was made to exclude those going to canneries and catsup factories. When demand for tomatoes in the markets is heavy, it is more profitable to «hip the tomatoes which were originally intended for the canneries, but if the market is weak larger quantities are offered for can- ning. There are certain localities where it is more profitable to raise tomatoes for canning than for table use. New York, Delaware, and Ohio put the bulk of their production into the can, sc that the total used for this purpose is more than that shipped for table use. Most of the table tomatoes are picked when green and wrapped in paper 1o ripen on the way to market Texas for a num- ber of years has preferred to send its crop to market picked when Tipe and shipped in iced cars. Near many cities large quantities of tomatoes are shipped when fully ripe by electric lines, trucks, and other conveyances. The different tomato-growing locali- ties endeavor to raise their crop so as | not to be in competition with o;"‘hV other, and every effort is made to rush | the crop to market before the local tomatoes come in. The last of the | southern crop s frequently wasted be- cause it cannot sell in competition with northern tomatoes. | —— — POMPEIAN OLIVE OIL ALWAYS FRESH PURE-SWEET-WHOLESOME im, (©k ' in the nte in shipped over half its loca- the west. Cruiser Moltke Greatly Admired When She Paid a Visit io America i MOLTKE AND SAILORSION DECK ey New York, Aug. 26.—The German battle cruiser Moltke, reported sunk in the battle of Riga, aroused admiration for her graceful lines when she visited New York in 1912. She was 610 feect long, with a displacement of 22,640 battleship squadron trip around the world a complement 1,107 officers She first became noted in the war when she was in battle with the British North flect last Jan- wiry in the engagement in which the (Gierman cruiser Bluecher was sunk. that made car- She | ican the ied and men tons and a speed of 2834 knots, was completed in 1912 and carried ten 11-inch, twelve §.9-inch and twelve 3.4-inch guns. In addition she had four 20-inch torpedo tubes and was said to have cost more than $12,000, 000. The Moltke visited this country to return the visit to Kiel of the Amer The bulletin published by the de- partment of agriculture contains charts showing the shipping periods of the various states, a map with the tomato-producing sections indicated, and a list of the railroad stations ship- ping tomatoes with the amount shipped from each. FIFTY<FE UBMARID rman Undersea Fleet Authority. Copenhagen, Aug. 26.—The Ger- man undersea fleet at present com- prises fifty-eight submarines, accord- ing to neutral authority who had just returned to Denmark from Germany. Germany’s Baltic fleet, according to the same authority, consists of 36 warships. B Six thousand marines from Kiel Lave been sent to the ecastern fight- ing front to reinforce the pioneer ser- Estimate of By 2 ral . Vice of the army, it is stated, 't Poison Baby Don’t Poison Bab ORTY YEARS AGO almost every mother thought lier 1 must have PAREGORIC or laudanum to make it sleep, Tlhese drugs will produce sleep, and a FEW DROPS TOO MANY will pre > the SLEEP FROM WHICH THERE IS NO WAKING. Many are the children who have been killed or whese health has been ruined for lifo by parecorie, Taudn- num and morphine, each of which is a narcotic prodnct of of Druggis's are prohibited from gelling either of the narcotics named to ¢ at all, cz to anybody hout labelling them ‘¢ poison.” The definition ¢ reotic is: ““A medicine which relieves pain and produces sleep, but which ir. poison- ous doses produces stupor, coma, convulsions and death.” tusie and smell of medicines containing oifium are disguised, and sold v v the pames of ¢ Drops,” *“ Cordials,” ““Soothing Syrups,” etc. You shonld no$ pernit any medicine to be given to your children without you or your physician know of what it is composed. CASTORIA DOES NOT CONTAIN NARCOTICS, if it bears the signature d{ T / /&‘ 4 //4747.?/% of Chas. II. Fletcher. Genuine Castoria always bears the signature of | | | | Come in and look over our sampies at once and b SCOVILLE CO. RAISE Waterbury Plant Also @ ployes Half Ho Waterbury, Aug, 26 Manufacturing Company, largest concerns in the cit] afternoon authorized | statement The Scoville Manufael | pany has granted to its half holiday Saturdays that no loes of weekly from this Eaturday affts hollday, it has advanced | rates 10 per cent for | are paid by the hour, vanced the pilece rate cent PROTEST TO FR Washington, Aug, 26, will be sent by the Und France against the detent] teamer BSolveig, recently, from Norwegian to Ami tr) The Bolveig is one of vessels acquired by ¢ Trans-Atlantic company, can corporation financed capital. She is held at M ject to a I'rench prize o8 on the legelity of her e Professig Qualificati Ale necessary in app for the relief of Eyest| errors of vision. Inferior and poorly fiYj are likely to injure e ‘1o protect the publie laws have been enact Avoid injury to your getting your glasses frd S. Stanley Hi Registered By Exal Oprometrist, 321 MAIN STH Artificial Eyes i Lens factory on pi Sxaminations'at hot pointment. Open evenings till § urday and Monday to CLOSED WEDNESDA} NOONS DURING AUGU