New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 30, 1915, Page 6

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TELEPHONE CALLS. ps Omice al Rooms HALLOWE’EN. when the midnight hour tolls from 'the old church tower you along Main street tonight and old-fashioned family carriage ly draped on 'the roof of the. all; if you ‘see-a few front gates ing in midair, suspended mayhap the telephone wires stretched if you see a rful array of beautiful young rbed -in their brothers’ panta- jackets and caps; if you see ci heads lighted with gleam- Now eyes; if you oatch the " glimpse of a_ white clothed | Yena ‘man dodging in and out alleyway, fear not, for know all these presents that this is ve'en. _This is the evening when hosts- and gobline are abroad. the’ ‘eévening when door bells mysteriously ‘rung, when small 11 be abroad in the land seek- fhom they may devour, when ous-parties will be held to drive the demons that might lurk in rk, when the young moon will Jhigh in the sky watching and for the old lady who rides on when loves young dream to a nightmare. According to lendar, tomorrow, the last day ober, is Hallowe'en, the feast of ints,—Hallowmas. The follow- is the feast of All Souls. Be- of Hallowe'en falling on Sun- s year it is observed in most of jes in the United States today. olden days each family lighted fire in front of the house just at all. Because of modern day ity of dwelling houses this e has been_largely done away lexcept in the smaller towns and ts where the danger of fire is great. “JOHNNY” POE. man who ever heard of Prince- Ince the year '92 of the last cen- ecessarily must have heard of ny” Poe. For “Johnny” Poe was reatest football hero Princeton produced. .He played in the old 'when football was football, be- ome of the present day frills and lows were added to the funda- hls, pefore the meat was taken the game. And “Johnny” Poe up under the test, as he stood der everything e ever tackled. las a man on the gridiron and a on the broader field of life. He primarily a soldier of fortune, s such he died. News has been d by members of the Poe fam- Maryland that “Johnny” FPoe killea while fighting with the s in the “big drive” against the ans on September 25. He fell Loos. Many a young man of to- ho was a .boy when ‘“Johnny” cas in his prime will pause when ars of “Johnny’ Poe's death, stop s busy way and feel a tugging at part because & real man has gone. in Maryland the whole state ourn with the Poe family. In [Baltimore city; - “Johnny” Poe's ds will. gaiher dnd tell of his lerful deeds in his many fields of avor. For “Johnny” Poe was tile. He could do a little of hing and he did everything well, ought in the Spanish American and latet saw service with the n the' Philippines. “Johnny” has left. his mark. He will not be forgotten. ere is one example “Johnny” Poe hich may well be emulated by iy American boy of today, and that is great respeet for the flag un- Which he was born, the Stars and es. Once while he was seeking ortune in the mining camps of da a big foreigner cast a slurring Tk about the American flag. Bny" Poe took this man to task administered a beating to the No one dared insult Old Glory p “Johnny” Poe was around. Al- gh he died fighting under an- r flag he was always loyal to the that floats over his native land. hould be every man. EW BRITAIN DAILY SATURD ANOTHER SECRETARY AND THE PRESIDENT. Men in public life have a peculiar- ity,—if such it can be called,—of al- ways retracting their statements when such utterances prove to be embar- rassing to them. And, if it so hap- pens that the partioular axioms, or platitudes, or whatever they might be called, are printed in the public press, the easiest and most effective way of denying these statements is to brand the reporter or correspondent with the short and ugly. Always on the head of the newspaper man must fall the malediction of the man in public of- fice. We have an instance of this in the letter published today by Secre- tary of Commerce Redfield. When the genial Secretary with the bifur- cated whiskers saw that he was slip- ping from the good graces of the ‘White House because some of his statements to the press had conveyed the impression that President Wilson had approved his plan for punishing business men who buy foreign goods below the market price, the Secretary of Commerce did the natural thing,— he called the Washington correspond- ent of “The Brooklyn Eagle,” a pre- varicator. Not in so many words did the Secretary of Commerce brand the Washington correspondent, but he put the matter in such a way as to leave no other choice. 18 too much evidence in this case and the attitude of the wounded Secre- tary is very likely to act as a boom- erang. He -is going to get a dose of his own medicine. Had he not published an article in a New York paper under his own name he might easily have gotten away with his “bluft.” But this time the Secretary, is nailed to the mast. He has given utterance to sentiments which the ‘Wilson administration does not and will not condone. Having found out the views which he held are not exactly in line with the President's idea of economics, the Secretary of Commerce has undertaken to repudi- ate his former stand. It is too late. The Secretary has written his own death warrant. It would not be sur- prising to see Mr. Redfield go the way of Mr. Bryan. If God-Bless- Yous are mow in order the sooner President Wilson gets rid of some of the millstones they tied around his | neck three years ago the better will it be at the start of a new campaign. Considering the terrible handicap under which he has labored, work- ing in harness with a few men like Redfleld who are ever running off on a tangent, President Wilson has ac- complished things other men would | never attempt. This is the weeding | season and President Wilson could | well use the pruning knife on some of hie political wild flowers. FAOTS AND FANCIES. A Connecticut mariner proposes to Yet withal, thege | | land- In days of deepest peace | : WHAT OTHERS SAY Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to the Herald Office. 1 The Hyphen at the Polls. (Ansonia Sentinel.) It is a pity that it is not possible for the advocates of hyphenated Americanism to unite upon a candi- | date of their own and bring him and this issue squarely to a test at the ballot box. In Massachusetts therc is to be a solidification of the German vote for the purpose of applying it en mass to the advancement of can- didate who most nearly represents their Teutonic ideals. But unfortun- ately in Massachusetts ‘there is no candidate, who is in any sort of agreement with them. Gov. Walsh stands by President Wilson and Amer- icanism first last and all of the time. So does Candidate McCall in no 1 degree. For either man it would be a process of speedy suicide politically to come out in the open as the ex- ponent of the doctrine of hyphenation The Teutonic contingent cannot favor either of the leading candidates in Massachusetts and be true to their allegiance to the kaiser- They should have the courage of their convictions and nominate Count Von Bernstorff as viceroy, for the Bay State, a prin- cipality of the empire of Germa Then they could gain an idea of e actly how popular their doctrine of divided allegiance is in this state of the United States and also secure an approximate glimpse of what would happen to a national German party if it went to the polls with the Amer- ican part of its hyphenated lovalty erased. The real Americans, whether they be of English, French, German or Slav descent, ask nothing better than to meet these half-false citizens of the republic in the open and bury ‘them once for all under an avalanche of ballots, There is no room for a party devoted to the interests of a forelgn nation here in the United States. They will have to learn this lesson some time and the present is as good a time as any for imparting to them the first pifinciples of the theory that a divided allegiance is but another name for a faltering trea- 8son, The Germany That Makes War. (Chicago Tribune.) No country has given us a more rich and kindly heritage than Ger many. There are no people who po. sess a warmer quality of human kind- ! ness or social virtues of a more whole- some and enduring nature. But Germany has also developed a special caste whose code is not from the New Testament but rather from the Old. Tt is capable of the stern logic of Miss Cavell's execu- tion, as it is capahle of pouring out its own blood unstintingly for its duty and- its ideal. The German military caste lives for one high purpose—to make relentless war for the father- it lives and breathes for this end. As the fish and the bird flies, the military aris- tocracy makes war for victory. They are the Spartans of modern times, and their code is as simple and intense, as rigid, and perhaps as bare as that of the implacable foes of Athens, Before the bar of this Spartan con- science the offense of Miss Cavell and the woman was tried. The judgment sail around the world in a thirty-foot motorboat. He calls the craft Safety First. But it is about the last kind of vessel that would be selected by most persons for such a trip.—Troy Times. ‘When the country has so many vital questions, national and international, before it, when it needs all its thought and energy to adapt itself to the new financial and commercial situation made by the war, when the extension of its trade and banking demands the wariest attention, when tariff changes new taxation and the momentuos issue of military and naval preparedness are discussed in every hamlet, when everybody waits for the revived gen- eral domestic prosperity which migaty crops and mighty export trade are sure to bring, what place has woman suffrage in the immediate program of politics —New York Times. Although extraordinary efforts are already put forth to induce the people of New York to ratify this Constitu- tion, the World believes that the more it is studied the graver and the more numerous the objections to it will appear. It is unthinkable that an instructed and an informed public sentiment will consent to put the lib- erties, the institutions, the laws and the government of the greatest state of the Union into a straight-jacket for the next twenty years, and make all political progress impossible during more than half the lifetime of a gen- eration.—New York World. The United States should have no desire to become the guardian or pro- tector of the West Indilan republics, but it i important to its interests, especially since the opening of Pan- ama Canal, that they should be free from any disturbances that would in- vite or justify intervention L, any European power.—New York Journal of Commerce. Chicago’s elevated railway proposes to run so-called fresh-air cars, win- dowless and unheated, for the benefit of passengers who are out-of-door de- votees. This in in line with modern progress on the golf links and in the open air sleeping porches and schools. The people who patronize these fresh- air cars will know what to expect, and will be clothed accordingly. It means the introduction into the people’'s cars of the advantages which automobile owners can enjoy if they will. It would seem to be very clear that there will be patrons ready for these open-air cars, which will not harbor the bad air that is one of the evils lamented under the old order. Surely there will be national interest in this Chicago de- | parture.—Springfield Republican, was logic, was law, was just in the narrow sense that pathetically and nobly, even its victim seemed to ac- knowledge. Miss C(vell had fought the fatherland, had broken the law. The penalty for this offense was death. Inexorably she was decrced to die. The irrelevant voice of mercy, of compassion for the individual, of chivalry for the woman could not prevail against that martial code. The execution of the heroic nurse was a colossal blunder, illustrating and in a most tragic way symbdlizing the limitations of imagination of the class to which the German system has consigned the specialty of leading m war. It points to a dangerous gap in the mighty and in most respects in- spiring synthesis achieved by the German genius. Spongers on the Newspapers. (New York Herald.) It is astonishing how widespread the belief is that the daily newspaper is printed to be given away. The mail of every newspaper is filled with re- quests to be put on the free list. These come from schools of journalism, ex- hibitions, business organizations, clubs, and most of the organizations are being conducted for the purpose of making mone: It never occurs to these “spongers” that the newspaper is a business enterprise. The latest example is from the state of North Carolina, which through its historical commission, a legislative reference department, is soliciting free copies of the daily newspapers of the country because ‘the appropriation made by the general assembly is very small and it is impossible to subscribe for such newspapers as are needed.” Turn the organ crank and pass the hat! When We Wake Up. (New Haven Register.) We_ are not yet wearing white or drab colors just because we can’t get German dyes. There is no apparent prospect that we shall be. Nor is our land to starve for lack of German potash. There is plenty of potash on our own premises now that we have taken the trouble to hunt for it. And American ingenuity is perfectly cap- able of producing all the chief dye- stuffs immediately required. Now why did we require the neces- sity of war to make us find out these facts? Isn’t it because we have been traveling along the lines of least re- sistance? We got our dyestuffs from Germany. We got them cheaply, and we got good dyes. Let well enough alone, said the manufacturers. We won't try any experiments. But neces- sity made them sing another tune. They must have dyestuffs. They have them. So we have waked up, or soon shall. y Another year, and we shall have a good equipment of factories for the production of dyestuffs, and another industry will have born. If our tar- iff makers have the sense to protect it as they used to protect infants of the sort, the revival of German industry and import will not dislodge it. And if we get the production of American potash likewise started and likewise protected, it will take care of the greater part of our demand. We have no need to gloat over these result But can we not regard it as a legitimate compensation for some of the evils of the war if we get even two important industries started where none grew hefore? For that result necessity and our ingenuity will be alone responsible. Let us make the most of them. Doctors of Plumbing. (Waterbury Democrat.) A patron of Harvard has given the university a sum of money for the express purpose of ‘‘promoting a wider knowledge of plumbing.” The income from the gift is to be used as an annual prize for the best thesis on some subject relating to house plumbing. This may be treated as a theme for jest, but it's a matter worthy of serious consideration. The donor knows something about the tremendous part played by plumbing in the progress of society. He prob- ably has a uspicion—and a well founded one—that there is no better criterion of civilization than the per- fection to which this same humble and intensely practical science is car- ried. Plumbing and enlightenment 80 hand in hand. It is no accident that America, which is justly proud of its own progress, has the best Plumbing standards and the most plentiful supply of plumbing equip- ment in the world. It pays for it, too—but that’s another story No master plumber, however, will pre- tend that perfection has yet been reached. Hence the value of the Harvard enterprise. And why, in- deed, shouldn't scholars write theses on drain pipes? Here we have graduate students working away by the thousands, year after year, pre- paring learned treaties on such sub- jects as ‘Variations of the Greek Second Aorist,”” “Weak Endings in Chaucer's Verse,” ‘“Basic Anglo- Saxon Roots,” Lepidoptera of Mo- zambique,” and other matters as practical and applicable to the vital needs of men and women in our sireet as a description of the scenery on the other side of the moon. Let us have theses and monographs and materpieces on plumbing, by all means. And let the owl-eyed pro- fessors come off their scholarly perches and give a degree of Doc- tor of Plumbing for the most useful productions, regardless of the can- didates grammar, orthography or other evidence of general culture. The Big Loan for Home Use. (Philadelphia Public Ledger.) Those half-hundred names of Phila- delphia banks and banking firms at- tached to the Anglo-French half- billion loan index the wide impulse behind this big transaction. It is the largest foreign loan ever floated in any country at one time. Barring one Civil war issue, it is the largest ever made in this country of any character. The syndicate behind the loan is not only the largest but by far the most pow- erful which has ever underwritten a bond issue in the world. And the bonds themselves are unique. They stand alone in being a direct obliga- tion of two great nations combined. They are the first ever issued in the currency of the lending instead of the borrowing nation. These are dollar bonds which France and England are selling in America. This transaction for the first time in history exalts the dollar mark above the pound sterling in in- ternational finance. This one issue equals all the other foreign bonds sold in the United States at variuos times. Another odd feature of this bond sale is that every penny of the loan will remain in the hands of the lenders instead of going into the pockets of the borrowers. It is American money in American currency, and will pay for American commodities and Amer- ican wages. This War and Ours. (Louisville Courier-Journal.) There are some striking similitudes between the war of the kaisers in Europe and the war of secession in America. Except in the gulf states there was in 1861 no strong secession sentiment. The gulf states drew the border states after them. An overwhelming ma- Jority of the soldiers who later fought in the Confederate armies clung to the Union until the fall of Sumter and the call for troops from Washington made a decisive line of cleavage between the sections. Then it and only then, war actual and the debate ended, that they went with their own section. Here we have a contrast, rather than a parallel, for in Germany the people Lad nothing to do with it. War was upon them before they knew it. The extremists of the South clam- ored for “‘our rights in the territories.” The theorizers of Germany clamored for “a place in the sun.” 1In each in- stance it was as the cry of a child for the moon. There was no territorial ‘“‘right,” from which the South was excluded, carrying any practical value. Slavery was already doomed. It could not g0, or be taken, where it was not wanted, or where the physical and climatic conditions were hostile. The institution was effete and dying. The trend of modern thought all over the world was set against it. But had it been otherwise a war inaugurated by the gulf states in its defense was bound to end with its destruction, no matter which side might win. Now for the parallel. There was no “place in the sun” from which Ger- many was excluded. Her ships laden with her wares and product every sea in freedom and security. She was meeting and beating her com- in many markets. “Made in Germnay” had become a taking -trade-mark. What had Ger- many to get by going to war? As lit- tle as the southern states of America. “A place in the sun,” like “‘our rights in the territories,” s wholly illusory and misleading. That “one southron” could whip six Yankees with a cornstalk,” wherewith gullible minds at the South were in- flated, corresponds ot the Germanic claim of ‘“superman.” In each case war began in a fury of uncalculating passion. Blind hysteria possessed the southern people. The immense disparity between the re- sources of the South and the resources of the North was unconsidered. That “the South was bound to win” was the universal belief. Cotton was king. Europe would be forced to intervene. In like manner Germany set out to rush Belgium and redyce Paris—Eng- land’s hands tied i Ireland—and then, having overrun France and overcome the French—to turn her re- sistless arms upon Russia. It made a pretty enough showing on paper. But, as we have seen, ‘‘the best-laid schemes o' mice an®@ men gang aft agley.” England’s hands were not tied by Ireland. Belgium resisted long enough for England to get there. The failure before Paris marked failure upon the whole theory in which the general staff in Berlin had so con- fidently laid its plan of campaign. The South was not prepared for war as Germany—it had no such fighting machine—but it was better prepared than the North, and winning the first victories, was able, in spite of the dis- parity of forces and resources, to pro- long the struggle four years. As late as 1864 a national conven- tion, nominating Gen. McClellan for president, declared the war a ‘fail- ure.” Throughout the succeeding pres- idential campaign, Mr. Lincoln was often in sore distress of mind. Yet at that very moment, both Gen. Lee and Gen. Johnston knew that the con- federacy had but a short time to live, while among the better advised southern men it had begun to be whis. pered “the bottom must soon drop out of the tub.” And, sure enough, after an example of prowess, endurance and skill, never surpassed, in the early days of 1865, the starved and ragged fabric of the confederacy fell in a heap, a helpless mass. “You didn't whoop us,” sald an old Confederate soldier, holding on to the hand of Gen. Fred Grant, affectionately, on the oc- casion of the dedication of the statue to Gen. Stephen D. Lee in the Na- tional cemetery at Vicksburg, “You didn’t whoop us, Fred—you jess wore us out!” Something like this will happen to the kaiser alliance. It is no more in the books for Germany to win than it was in the books for the. confed- eracy to win. If Germany could win the world would not be fit to live in. We can now easily picture to our- selves what would have followed the triumph of the South and the estab- lishment of a southern c onfederacy upon the North American cortinent, leaving two exhausted contestants to become the prey of European intrigue, setting the clock of freedom back a century, and splitting a noble union into perhaps a dozen weak and war- ring fragments, to repeat in the New World the mistakes and misadventures of the Old. Brand W (Boston Herald.) The people of this country should not forget their debt of gratitude to the man who so admirably represents our best thoughts and ideals during these tragic days in unhappy Belgium. What could have been more dignified and yet more appealingly human than Brand Whitlock’s simple intercessions for the life of this court-martialled English woman? That the appeal fell upon hearts of adamant was due to no lack either of energy or tactfulness on his part. No one in the whole range of our diplomatic service could have met this difficult situation and shown to better advantage. It is some years since Brand Whit- lock addressed a public audience in Boston, but there are many among his heffrers who have not forgotten the | impression of rugged strength joined with quiet dignity which he left upon everyone. The ring of sincerity that was in every sentence, the masterful command of his mother tongue, and the vein of true humanity which went through all that he had to say, these things have not been forgotten by many among our citizenship. He was then Mayor of Toledo, not yet forty years of age, known chiefly as an ex- ploiter of anti-corporation prejudice and a writer of readable stories for boys. Usually it takes a critical situation of great responsihjlity to bring out the true qualities of any man in pub- lic office. But President Wilson made no mistake when he chose our present minister to Belgium. At the time this selection was made there could have been no inkling of the soul-rending tasks that the incumbent would have to perform. Yet even if everything had been foreseen a better choice would scarcely have been possible. Market Basket Coming Back. (Mrs. E. Rhinehart in g Fireside.) “The telephone and delivery have for some years played a big part in the city housewife’s life. But the old market basket is coming back.” This part of the article tells how to make the market money buy more: “I speak for a lot of city costumers when I say that by doing our own se- Tecting in the stores and markets we can buy far more intelligently and satisfactorily than by using the tele- phone. “By marketing in person we can soon know when the produce arrives in market, and can Judge its quality. There are different stores and stalls where the managers specialize in cer- tain things which are superior to the same things secured elsewhere. “There are frequently special oppor- tunities when merchants are over- stocked with some particular kinds of produce. “Different grocers have told me that the cost of delivering each order is from eight to ten cents. “The market-basket plan of buying is the cash plan as a rule, and the cash buyer gzets many a discount over the telephone, month-bills system of buying. “Another material advantage 1 find is in buying in large lots. Different grocers have said to me, ‘I would rather give you a discount for large orders than be rushed to death with little dribs to put up and deliver.’ Ever since T have kept house I have bougat in hundred-pound lots such articles as soap, sugar, flour, salt, lard in fif- Farm and ty-pound cans, dried fruit by the case or box, and green fruit and vege- tables by the crate or barrel whenever it is safe to do so. “Ry this plan I need buy only twice a year the staple goods that will keep and I gain materially by escaping short weights. I buy eggs when cheap and keep them in water glass, and in various other ways take advantage of opportunities that I could not were I buying by telephone. “My calculations show that I save at least ten to twelve dollars on each hundred dollars’ worth of goods bought by my plan of buying, not counting the advantages secured in better weights.” The Curse of Candy. (Bridgeport Standard.) The observant person who studies conditions and works effects back to causes has decided that the cutting off of alcohol in the dry states has sulted in a great increase in the con- sumption of candy, and in Milwaukee a brewer is going to turn his plant into a big candy manufacto To be sure we shall have an army of anfi- candy eaters, just as s=oon other issues fail, who will argue all sc of demoralization into the consumg tion of candy and lay at its door all the ills that pleague humanity from cancer to corns, The man who spends the money for candy that should go to buy high- heeled shoes for his wife and daugh- ters will be held up as the fit com- panion for the man who, in the good ys of booze, was accustomed to come home with the odor of bheer | upon his breath and with at least 10 cents missing from his weekly wages. If it isn't one thing it will be another and what on earth should we all do or be, if all the issues were settled” It is a well known physiological fact that the system requires a certain amount of alcohol. Ordinarily this is produced by the system and those familiar with chemistry declare that sugar is an alcohol readily absorbed by the system and utilized to greater advantage than the distilled product. The fact that so many men who stop drinking turn to candy is not, as ' for another, but satisfying a craving that has heen fostered by liquor What is more natural than that the distiller, when driven from the mun- ufacture of drink should turn to candy? BREITUNG, ONE OF FIVE ACCUSED OF PLOTTING IN AMERICA TO AID TEUTONS. | BREITUNG. Max Breitung, nephew of Edward N. Breitung, the rich shipping and mining man of acknowledged German sympathy, surrendered himself in New York to arrest on the charge of conspiring with Lieutenant Robert Fay of the German army and three other persons to dynamite vessels leaving New York with munitions for the allies. Breitung gave himself up and was not incarcerated, $25,000 bail being furnished as soon as he had been technically declared held for exam- ination. Breitung and Dr. Herbert Kienzle are alleged to have furnished money for the purchase of explosives. VERDICT FOR BOTHA. Mannik Gets Three Months' Imprison- Fine of $250, South 10:22 ment or Johannesburs, 30, Via. London, a. m.—The jury in the case brought by Premier Botha against a nationalist candidate for parliament in the recent election, named Mannik, rendered a verdict for the plaintiff today. Mannik was charged with having slandered the premier during the campaign by ask- ing what he had done with gold bars valued at $3,750,000 left in possession Africa, Oct. departure of Paul Kruger from South Africa. Mannik asserted the gold never had been accounted for. He was sen- tenced to imprisonment for three months or to pay a fine of $250. The case will be appealed. $350,000 FIRE IN MAINE, Biddeford, Me., Oct. 30.—A loss es- timated at approximately $350,000 was caused by fire which swept through half of the large storehouse of the Pepperell Manufacturing company early today, destroying several thou- sand bales of raw cotton and such of the finished product. Its origin was attributed either to spontaneous com- bustion or to the unobserved drop- ping of a spark into a bale of cotton before it was placed in the building. One fireman was badly hurt by falling from a ladder. many suppose, substituting one habit | | of Botha and two other persons on the ; MCMILLAN'S E1G STORE “ALWAYS RELIABLE" A New York Coat and Suit Manufacturer Needed the Ready - Gash - \ 7 Our spot cash offer was excepted at 8 big discount, therefore we are abls | to offer the greatest values of the seas son at our Coat and Suit Dept. Sate Never offered before such values have becn in the height of the season | coats for Women, Misses and Children Suits in Women's and Misse Hundreds to choose from, Values that will move them quick, so come 2§ early in the day SATURDAY as poss sible. " modelg WOMEN'S AND MISSES' COATS. Arabian Lamb Coats, priced $1298 and $15.00. Corduroy $20.00 All-Wool Heavy Cloth Coats, in plain and fancy weaves, priced $56.94, $7.98, $9.98 to $26.00 Plush Coats, priced $39. Coats, priced $9.98 (9 v $20, $26, $29) to CHILDREN’S COATS. Priced $3.98, $4.98, $5.98 to $7.9§ each, Fit out the youngsters for tk® winter now, MISSES' SUITS. Broad cloths and fancy mixtures, that are smart priced $15.00 each. WOMEN’S SUITS. Saturday priced $12.98 to $30. 00" NEW WAISTS AND BLOUSES. Lingeries, 97c to $2.98 each, Crepe de Chines, $1.98, $2.98 $3.98 each. BOUDOIR CAPS, Twelve dozen of the daintiest Bou- doir caps you ever saw. $1.50 and $1.00 values, Saturday, 49c each, ¥ . Choose now your Holiday Gifts. S FINE LIN CHIEF Special 19¢ and 3 for 50c, these are 26c values. MENX HANDKER- SALE OF GUIMPES, Saturday prices 49c and 98c each. Emb. Organdies, laces and net, with sleeves and sleeveless WOM}F White Wash: value, Saturds Tan and Gloves $1.25 pair. GLOVES » Cape Gloves, $1.50 $1.29 pair. Ivory Washable Cape values, Saturday, $1.49 AT STATIONERY DEPT., FOR SAT- URDAY ONLY, 1 pound Kara linen, 19c, 25 envelopes at 8c package. value SILK GIRDLES, Regular 69c values, day, 49%c each. special Saters BLANKETS AND COMFORTABLES, Large selection in Big range of prices to suit all D. McMILLAN™ 199-201.203 MAIN STREET FRANCE ISSUES Subjects to WARNING, Tells Keep Sllent as Enemy Is Listening, 29, 9:56 Paris, p. m.—The & minister of war has sent to the mili- ¥ ts the generals commanding the military districts of France, large placanis reading as follows 9 “Keep silent Be The enemy is listening.” It is ordered that these placards be placed in rallway trains and street cars and other public places. Oct, governors of Paris and Lyons and careful TO APPEAL FOR LEFEVRE. New York, Oct. 30, —The Neptw association of this city, composed ol the licensed officers of steamships, in. tends to apply to the state department i. Washington today for aid in ob- taining the release of Louls Lefevre, third officer of the oil tank steamship Wico, who is held by the German aus thorities at Bremen as a French citizen. The Wico, Which now a German harbor is in the service fi an American company, and Lefevre a letter to the Neptune association ase serted that, although he is a naturals fzed American, he has been unable te convinee the Germans, and asked ald in obtaining hig freedom, Is