New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 23, 1915, Page 5

The “ Single Damper ” In ( awlord Panses is the greatest improvement ever made in stoves. By one motion it regulates fire and oven—push the knob to “Kindle’’, “Bake’’ b or “Check’’—the range does the rest. Better than two or more dampers. Have you seen it? This Single Damper is patented —no other range has it. The deep Ash Hod—instead of the old clumsy ash pan—with Coal Hod beside it (patented) is easy to remove FOR: sALr 5Y J. 0. MILLS & CO. NEW BRITAIN AGENTS ™ Walker & Pratt Mfg. Co., Makers, Boston German Administration Recon- [ stmcts Financial System Brussels, Belgium, Sept.. 23.— The German administration in Bel- glum has so far succeeded in recon- stfucting the financial system of the country that a number of the larger businesses, such as the hig factories, eoal mines and banks, which prac- ! tically came to a standstill a year ago, have been able to resume operations. The withdrawal of the directors of the National Bank to London in Au- gust, 1914, who took with them its gold stock and the plates for print- ing motes, left the country without a solid basis for its currency system Ayotes were in circulation, but there was no gold with which to redeem them; and there was danger that the cireulation might be further expand- ed through new issues of the Belgian ‘!or scme months as bank of issue, and government in London, which could easily be smuggled into the country. Soon after the occupation of Belgian territory the German government dep- utized Dr. von Lumm, one of the most efficient directors of the Reichsbank, to proceed to Belgium and take in charge the rehabilitation of the cur- rency system. As the officials of the National Bank had refused to return to Brussels or restore its assets, it be- came necessary to find a new way of securing the note circulation. Levylng War Contributions. At the same time the German au- thorities were levying war contribu- tions upon various Belgian cities to raise money for meeting the expenses of governing the occupied territory- contributions which could not easily be raised in the form of cash. The cities were therefore asked to issu> their certificates of indebtedness pay- able at some future time, and it was decided to use these as one form of security for new notes, Lesides bank balances abroad, German gold and | other currency. As the National | Bank had refused to continue the fur- ther discharge of its functions, the | note-issuing power was conferred | upon the Societe General de Belgique, | the oldest and largest banking com- }pany of the country. + This concern has now been serving It’s Easy to Own this Beautiful Der Set—Red Below IF_ you could see this elegant forty-two-piece dinner set on your own table, you could easily appreciate its beauty of design and color. want one right away. You'd For a limited time we are making an unusual offer that thrifty housewives every pound of will instantly grasp. With WEDGWOOD Creamery Butter is packed a coupon. cash are redeemable for this charming dinner set. Fifteen of these coupons and $2.75 in This same set of dishes would cost you $10.00 or more were you to purchase it separately. This get-acquainted offer is made to popularize Wedgwood —the butter made from rich cream of bred Holsteins. Jerseys and You must eat butter—why not eat the grocer’s best—Wedg- wood—and get this useful premium for almost nothing. Order a pound today. First-class grocers sell it in pound cartons—never in bulk. P. BERRY AND SONS, Hartford, Conn. Sole Dilkribnwr, for New England States its notes have come into general cir- culation. Especially its smaller notes are in great demand, the silver cur- recy having long ago disappeared by reason of hoarding. Important Financial 1aske. Two other important financial tasks had to be taken in hand. One was the fixing of indemnities to be paid for supplies of staple goods- -like coal and other raw materials—which had been taken over by the military authorities | for the armies; -the other was the abolition of the moratorium which had been in force since the war began. The settlement of the indemnities was complicated by the fact that the goods in question were in many cases not owned outright, but were still to be paid for by the persons fromm whom they were seized. The commission having this matter in hand was, how- ever, authorized to pay in advance half of the value of such goods, pend- ing the final adjustment, in order that manufacturing and other business concerns might as soon as possible come into possession of money with which to resume operations. The moratorium, on the other hand, presented difficulties which have not yet been overcome. After uearing the .representations of chambers of commerce, individual manufacturers and other business men, the new banking department attached to the civil government at Brussels saw that hasty action must be avoideda; and to the present time the moratorium con- tinues in force. Superintends Receiverships. Still another function of the banking department is to prevent the payment of money to citizens of hostile countries, in harmony with a measure decreed by the German gov- ernment for Germany in retaliation for similar action already taken by England. The deparmitent also su- perintends receiverships for foreign concerns established in Belgium, especially branches of French banks. For this course, it is claimed again, English action has given the prece- dent, all the branches of German banks at London having been placed quite early in the war, in charge of government receivers. POPE’S HORSE DROPS DEAD. Rome, Sept. 22, Via. Paris, Sept. 23, 1:10 a. m.—While Pope Benedict was taking his usual drive in the Vatican gardens yesterday, visiting the new road that is being made from his own designs, the carriage stopped suddenly with a Jolt, both horses having fallen. The coachman and footman jumped down, but the pope already had left the carriage without assistance, An inspection showed that one of the horses had dropped dead. Pope Benedict was grieved over the loss of the animal, whichi was one of a pair of fine Irish horses that had been presented to him by Cardinal Bauer. e, SERVING DEVIL, NOT LORD. New York, Sept. 28.—“Every man or woman who in the name of peace now advocates the refusal on the part of the United States to furnish arms and munitions of war to those na- tions who have had the manliness to fight for the redressing of Belgium’s wrongs, is serving the devil and not the Lord,” says Theodore Roosevelt in an article in the October Metropoli- tan Magazine. MEN AND \WWOMEN Kidney troubla preys upon the mind, discourages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor and cheerfulness of- ten disappear when the are out of order or diseased. sults 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 enclose ten cents. When writing mention the New Britain Daily Herald. i vial tax Other Lions Snarl Enpiou Girl Shares Banquet With Her Pet|} Baltimore and Miss Isla Tudor din- ed together the lion house. at Prospect park, Brooklyn, N. Y., while the movie cameras clicked and a half dozen beasts who hadn’t been invited snarled enviously. And it wasn't etiquette, but good stout iron bars, that kept them from crowding BRITAIN HALF-MASTS FREE TRADE FLAG McKenna Reverts to. Chamber- lain’s Policy to Secure Revenue in London, Sept. 23.—The present re- | dical occupant of the chancellorship of the exchequer, Reginald McKenna, | was forced by circumstances ves- terday to revert to some extent to | the principles of Joseph Chamberlain. He was compelled to half-mast the free trade flag and replace it by 2n embryonic representation of a tariff | reform banner, in introducing in the | House of Commens today, the largest budget on record Faced with huge bills for war and ordinary expendiiures aggregating in the neighborhood of £5,000,000 (§25,- 000,000) daily, and bent on raising large sums towards the current cost of the war by taxation apart from loans Chancellor McKenna proposed a sweeping increase in taxation, e went beyond the customary sources of revenue, sucn as the income tax, tea and tobacco, into the wider field of revenue raising eadvocated by the great Tory statesman who resigned office to prosecute his tariff reform campaign. Fiscal Theories Go By Board: Fiscal theories must go by the board, Mr. McKenna declared. The chancellor was actuated by the two- fold principle cof raising additional funds and enforcing economy on all classes by means of taxation. It took Mr, McKenna nearly two hours to reveal the secrets of his budget and his proposed methods of meeting the enormous commitments arising from the war. His opening sentencé, however, left no doubt as to the drastic character of the mea- sures he was to recommend. “I must ask the house,” he said, “to sanction great and unprecedented burdens. I am confident that if the proposed taxes are assented to by the house, they will be accepted by the conn- try.” He estimated that the govern- ment’s revenue for the current year would be $1,360,000,000, that the ex- penditure woull reach $7,260,000,- 000, and that the dead weight o debt at the close of the fiscal year would be $11,000,000,000,000. Propose Increase in Taxes. Mr. MzKenna proposed an addition of 40 per cen‘. to thec existing in- come tax and the taxation of al' incomes of £130 ($650) or more. The present minimum is £160. The chan- cellor also proposes an increase in the duty on sugar to 9s 4d ($2.24) per hundred weight. A heavy tax on the profits of man- ufacturers of war supplies also was proposed by the chancellor. Fifty per cent. of all war profits above the amount assesscd for the income tax last year will be subjected to a spe- which worsks out at 40 per cent. of the profitz. McKenna es- timated the revenues from this source in a full vear at $150,000,000. An all-around increase of &0 per cent. in the duty on tea, coffec, chick- cry, tobacco, dried fruits and other articles was suggested, and alsc an in at the feast and probably taking a bite out of the hostess, too, as dessert. It was Miss Tudor's birth- day party, and Baltimore was the guest of honor because he had been present when Miss Tudor, who is the daughter of a circus agem, was christened in a loin’s cage at Coney Island twelve years ago. Baltimore, sole survivor of the troupe of twenty- increase of medicines. New Taxation Necessary- Mr. McKenna said the new taxa- tion he had to propose “will satisfy neither the strict free trader nor the scientific tariff reformer- He pointea out that it was necessary to impose a tax for purposes purely temporary without regards to the permanent effect on trade. Consideration must Le given to rates of the foreign c changes and imports must be restrict- ed. “If by taxation we can restrict im- ports, reduce consu.nption and bring revenue,” he continued, “we shall have found an ideal fiscal sys- tem.” 5 BRITISH AFTER TEUTONIC MARKETS Board of Trade Waging Cam- paign to That Effect ‘Washington, Sept. 23.—Great Brit- ain’s plans for furthering the efforts of her merchants to establish them- selves in world markets from which the British fleets of war are barring the once aggressive German and Aus- trian exporters, are outlined in an- nouncements by the British board of trade, received here yesterday by the bureau of forelgn and domestic com- merce. Commercial diplomatic representa- tives of Great Britain aboard, the an- nouncements say will place at the disposal of British merchants all available information as to securing customers formerly supplied by Ger- man and Austrian firms. The board of trade also gives notice of the or- ganization of a ‘‘confidential’ service through its commercial intelligence bureau to supply firms desiring to en- ter the foreign trade with “confiden- tial information as to opportunities for the extension abroad of those branches of trade in which they are especially interested. Series Of Memoranda. “In connection with the campaign 100 per cent. on patent | which the board of trade have under- taken,” says the pcard, “to assist and supplement the efforts of British man- ufacturers and merchants to profit by the present oppartunity for establish- ing themselves in markets previously held by German and Austrian or Hungarian firms, the commercial in- telligence branch of the board of { trade has prepared a series of memo- randa giving information with regard to possible developments in certain import trades. Any manufacturer or exporter of United Kingdom goods who desires to be furnished with in- formation as to openings affecting his particular business should address the director of the commercial intelli- gence branch who will be prepared to give any particulars possible respect- ing names of buyers, rates of import sly As ]nlne, roared a greeting (Head Keep- er John O’'Brien is authority for this) when the little acquaintance of for- | mer years entered the lion house with her mother. He permitted her w pat his head, and ne got the lion’s $hare of the breakfast, which on his side of the iron lattice began with beef and ran to chicken, but he refused to partake of the birthday cake. duty, etc., or at his discretion to make special inquiries through his majesty’'s trade commissioners, trade correspondent or consular officers in foreign countries. The importance that German manu- facturers have placed upon the pro- duction of catalogues printed in the language and currency of the coun- tries to which their goods were ex- ported is well known. In order that British manufacturers may have an | opportunity of inspecting catalogues | of German origin, the board of trade have collected over 3,000 specimens, illustrating a great variety of indus- tries, and these may be inspected at the foreign samples section of the commercial intelligence bureau.” To Display Products. It was announced also that the col- lection of samples of German and Austrian products gathered from for- eign markets of the world, which has been exhibited in London, will® now be shown at various industrial cen- ters in the provinces. In addition to seeking to establish British products in foreign markets heretofore held by the Teutonic na- tions, the board of trade has begun a movement to encourage the manufac- ture in Great Britain of goods former- ly imported from Germany and Aus- tria. SLEEPER SENT TO DR. PRISON, Hartford Physician Pleads Gulilty to Malpractice, Hartford, Sept. 23.—Dr. George E. Sleeper, a well known local physician, was sentenced yesterday by the su- perior court to state prison from one to three years on a charge of mal- practice. At a previous trial he was given from three to six years but a new trial was granted. He pleaded guilty. The grand jury brought an indiet- ment against Marshall 8, Thompson, colored, charged with murdering his wife at Wilson’s station last June. GERMAN WAR LOAN BIG. Berlin, Sept. 23.—The subscriptions to the new war loan terminated yes- terday. The total applications for the bonds. cannot be announced before Friday, but the view was expressed at a number of the leading banks today that the total would exceed the March loan. The estimates of the subscrip- tion run as high as 11,000,000,000 marks ($2,750,000,000). Is is under- stood that there was even a greater number of small subscribers to the loan than in March. Small co-opera- tive loan banks having farmer clients sent i:. heavy subscriptions, RFACE CAR. 23.—Mrs. Henry DIED ON SU New York, Sept. W. Watson of Langnorne, Pa., wife of Representative Watson of the Eighth Pennsylvania district. died suddenly of heart disease late yester- day in a Sixth avenue surface car. The police say they found $12,000 in cash and jewelry valued at more than $60,- 000 on her person. Mrs. Watson came here on a shopping tour yesterday ac- companied by her husband, who is president of the Washington, Potomac & Chesepeake ralilroad. 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