New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 17, 1915, Page 22

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Large selections at $1.98 $2.98 $3.98 Beacon Blanket Bathrobes Made of Beacon Blanket, e and double collar 1.98. sin- effects, Children’s Fur Sets In angora fur, suitable for child from 2 to 6 years, $2.00 wvalue, $1.25. ALL popular styles. ment at pockets in coat and belt. Plush Coats GREATLY REDUCED IN PRICE. A great number to select from, fur-trimmed and plain A particularly large assort- $21.50 That are worth up to $30.00. Smart Skating Suit Made in Norfolk Effect of Corduroy FUR COLLAR Snappy full flare Skirt, skirt. stylish Self Sale Price $8.50 Silk Petticoats Excellent quality of taffeta in the new changeable colors, tailored or plaited ruffles, $1.98. I..J. FISHER 1046 MAIN STREET HARTFORD Social and official Washington belng disappointed by the declsion of Mrs. Galt and President' Wilson to restrivt the wedding list to Mrs. Galt's and President Wilson’s close relatives and memebers of the president’s house- hold, the capital philosophically cided to approve the president’s plan to have as guiet a wedding as ' pos- sible, . “The marriage of Mrs. Galt nJ?: president will take place on gieday, Dec. 18, at Mrs. Galvs No. 1308 Twentieth home, street, The only guests northwest. will be Mrs. Galt's mother, her brothers and sisters; the president’s brother and sister, his daughters and the bers of his household. No invitations will be issued,” the formal announce- ment read. In No. 1, the group pic- ture, the members are, from left* to right, Miss Margaret Wilson, daugh- ter of the president; Mrs. Francis B. Sayre, another daughter, and her hus- band; Mrs. William G. McAdoo, ar- other daughter, and her husband, the secretary of the treasury; No. 2 is Mrs. Howe, the president’s niece; No. 3 Dr. Cary T. Grayson, the president’s naval aide, physician and intimate friend; No. 4, Joseph R. Wilson, the president’s brother. No. b is a walk in Pass Christian, Miss., where it wus « said the honeymoon would be passed. mem- CORNER MORGAN Operated on 131 Times. (St. Harry Smyth, 42 years old, of 3656 Laclede avenue, is one of the cheer- fulest patients at the City Hospital, despite the fact that 131 surgiwal operations have been performed on Tuberculosis of the bones has these necessary. passed Louis Times.) him. made operations Smyth most of his time in hospitals. To his time Smyth tock up sewing and crocheting, u{nd be is now an expert with the needle. He is always good-natured. Since childhood has oceupy CHARACTER OFCITIES ALTERED OVER NIGHT { One of Daily Lessons of the War in the Balkans (Correspondence of the Asso. Press.) Saloniki, Greece, Nov. 80.—It is one of th daily lessons of the war in the Balkans that the character of no city or district is so definitely fixed that it cannot be altered almost over night. Few things have become more weari- some to students of Balkan politics than the historical monographs, charts of race migrations, ethnologi- cal maps in several colors (the maps. not the races), constantly being issued by one Balkan state or another to prove that virtually all the Balkans as well as a considerable share of the rest of the world is and has for cen- turies been inhabitated almost ex- clusively by Greeks, Serbs, Bulgars or Austrians, as the case may be. The Greeks are prabably the worst offenders at least in respect of the ex- tent of their claims. According to them, certainly all of the litoral and all of the Islands of the Aegean, and probably a very large part of the | Eastern Mediterranean basin as well, | including by all means Alexandria, should be Greek. Towards the | north, more than half of Albania is claimed and a goodish bit has al- ready been seized. Old Serbia, in- cluding even Uskub. Roumelia, out of Bulgaria; and as for Turkey in Eu- rope, the Greeks laugh at the idea that the little that is left of the Western Ottoman empire should fall to any- | one but the Greeks, from Kirk-Kilisse and Adrianople to and including Con- stantinople. For in the Greek mind any other disposition of Constantino- ple than to place the Moslem city un- der Greek rule would be the rankiest injustice under which Greece would never cease to complain—until prop- erly compensated. Hebrews in Majority. In view of the extravagance of these national claims, it is most in- teresting to watch the change worked in Saloniki in the course of compara- tively few weeks since the allied troops have begun to land there, It is true that Greeks, also, have poured in in even greater numbers than the allies; but the original population stood at about 160,000 inhabitants, of which number 80,000 are Jews of Portuguese and Spanish descent, still speaking a sort of bastard Spanish, in which several characters are em- ployed to spell out these Iberian words. Next in number came the Greeks themselves, totalling with offi- cials, garrison and everything, only 40,000 or less, while the Turks ran them a close second with between 30, 000 and 40,000. The remaining popu- lation of normal times was that cos- mopolitan mixture so characteristic of every port, but especially of a port like Saloniki or Rotterdam, where the ter- ritory rved by the port and the itselr re in different countries. Here, however, instead of simply having one other country as hinterland, as Rot- terdam has Germany, Saloniki has two; Serbia and Bulgaria. There were always, therefore, many Serbs and not a few, Bulgars to be found in Saloniki. For the same reason Aus- trians were frequent in normal times, thuogh less fo since the war hascut Austria-Hungary off from Saloniki as a port of outlet. To a population so divided there was first suddenly added about 300,- 000 Greek, Macedonia and Tracian refugees— more than double the nor- | mal population of the city itself! A | new city was built in the shape of { brick barracks out at the edge of the | town, where the refugees are housed {in the utmost squalor and the most | incredible conditions of crowding. Nat- | urally, they prefer to spend most of | their time trying to pick up a few pennies around the streets of the city to sitting idle in the stench and filth of the barracks all day. ‘ Greek Mobilization Ordered. Scarcely haq the population of Sa- lonikl in a way disposed of this sud- | den influx of strangers, when the Greek mobiliza, was ordered and soldiers fromr all over Greece began to arrive at the appointed t place—none other than Salonik lowing the last two Balkan wars, Greece had increased here population ! by territorial acquisitions, over 50 per cent. It is doubtful if even the Greeks quite realized what this in- | crease would mean in the shape of the increased number of troops mo- bilized. In a few weeks—almost in a | few days—the population of Saloniki | which had been first 160,000 then 360,000 suddenly became 700,000. As | many as possible of the new-comers ! were quartered on the inhabitants of the city;the remainder erected a tent city at the edge of the town—but all spent their time in the narrow, ill- paved streets of Saloniki which be- | Ban to resemble a county seat during fair week. And then, out of a clear sky, French and British troops began to join the throng. At first the number was small; now it has passed a hundred thousand. It is true that most of these have gone on up into Serbia; but all the necessary commissary service must be directed from Saloniki; all the work of debarking not only the l newly arrived troops but the supplies, must be handled there, and in dupli- , cate, for the British have their own machinery to this end quite distinct from the French. Not Enough Bakeshops, Naturally, there simply were enough shops in which to bake bread necessary for so great an ! crease of population—much less was there enough wheat from which to bake it. The same was true of every other commodity necessary to life- and still is. Serbs, refugees from | their war-ridden country, began to arrive in such great numbers that the Greek government suspended the railway service with Monastir tryi to prevent this last peaceable inv port not the in- I N | | | | | | | for the | later to Ruschuck, . FOX & CO. Hartford. CARE TELE CIL MAILED ORDERS FULLY FILLED. PHONE ORD 1580, Beginning MONDAY Store Open Evenings Until Christmas. Fur Gifts! Authoritative Styles In Fur Coats and Small Pieces Furs are always appreciated gift—a truly ever, as Furs are the fashion of the moment. fur, and particularly the Furs that effects in smartness, and marvels of richness and beauty. one who would attempt to convey : where pelts are reliable and modish, where styles are new and where the season’s inn To be dressed modighly you'll find in this store. a pen picture of any value. binations and trimmings are fuily represented. Pictures AND OTHER HOLIDAY GIFT SUGGESTIONS IN THE BASEMENT A full assortment of Davidson's hand colored Photographs, prices 50c and up. White framed Nursery Rhyme Pictures, suitable for the nursery or child's bed-room, 50c, Antique framed Panel Mirrors, with modern and antique subjects, prices $1.00 to $18.00. Heavy antique oval Master -Subjects, $1.25. Two special Tables loaded with pretty pictures at 25¢ and 50c, Alarm Clocks Everyone Guaranteed. In. the best makes—all from Big Ben to Baby Prices 69¢ to $3.00. frame Old Boys Furnishings BAGS AND SUIT CASES In the Basement Men’s Cowhide Bags, with sewed ar. Sugar Candy Trays, Covered Jugs, Fern Pote, rich green and brown back- ground and Mother Goose designs; prices 10c and up. Royal Doulton corners, special at $3.98. 24-inch Cowhide Suit Cases, $3.98, One lot of genuine Walrus Bags at $13.50. Other Bags in genuine seal pig- skin, Indian caribou and hand sizes| pordered stock, Likly and other Ben. Prices up to $35.00. Youth’s makes. ON THE FOURTH FLOOR. Boys' Neckwear, 25c. Boys’ Bath Robes, $1.98 to $3.98. 98¢ to $6.00. Boys’ Boys' Sweaters, Boys' Blouses and Shirts, 48¢, Rubber Coats and Hats. Pajamas, 50c, 75c and 98c. 75c Our desjgners have A veritable Come and choose and up. Statuary Portables, prices right. royal gift, and this year they'll be more welcome than and more produced top-notch in variety for Christmas Furs in com- you must wear fur, embarrassment your ovations Children’s China A special table containing chil- en’s Plates, Covered Candy Boxes, and Creamers, Footed Basement. CHINA Genuine Royal Doulton Jugs, Creamers, Punch Bowls, Tea Pots, salad Plates, Mugs and others, prices 30c Sets, Candlesticks, Ralil Basement. Statuary, Etc. “Art Bronze” line of Lions, ete.; Basement. Famous and Young Men’s OVERCOATS Very snappy styles and excellent values, sizes present price 33 to 38, single and double breasted and Balmaroons; in navy, oxford and handsome mixtures. s customers realize a clear savings on At our every Coat of $2.00 to $3.50. and 98c. Overcoats at $18.00. $10.00, $12,98, $13.98, $15.00 and M—l ertheless, some 60,000 to 70,000 have arrived. The population of Sa- | loniki in a few weeks jumped ! from 160,000 to almost a million. And | the most rudimentary means of taking ‘ care of such an increase are abso- lutely lacking, even to water supply and drainage. As for the general aspect of the city; it never was Greek—indeed it is more so now than it ever has been. But today it might be a sort of great- er Port Said; it might be Marseilles | or London or Alexandria. It is any thing—a great bazaar, a human bee- hive. But it is not a Greek city. It is not a city at all. It is merely a spot on the map where hundreds of thousands of human beings have con- gregated—and where few of them who can help it will remain. OPENING OF DANUBE AID FOR TEUTONS Great Military fiEconomic Ad- vantages Gained by Event so. Pre Dec. 17.—What (Correspondence of the A Belgrade, rbia, great military and economic advan- tages were gained by the Germans and their allies with the opening of traffic on the Danube, has been shown by the activity in shipping which de- veloped directly after the Serbs had been driven m the banks «f the river. I'ighting along the Danube was still in progress when the Austrians started to clear a channel through the mine fields which the Russians, Serbs and English had laid out. Mean- while large tows, carrying military supplies needed by Turkey and Bul- garia, were brought down the river from Austro-Hungarian and German ports and assembled at Semlin, ready minute when navigation be- came possible. Austrian river mon- itors, notably the Sava and Temes, had in the meantime patrolled the Danube as far as Lom Palak, and both Bulgarian ports, and in so doing had cleared the river of some Russian armed mer- chant vessels stationed in the Ru- manian port of Turn-Severin. That these vessels were not sunk or cap- tured by the Austrians is due to the fact that, on the day which the As- sociated Press correspondent made the trip up the river as a guest sn the Sava, they were being convoyed down stream by Rumanian monitors, the Russians themselves flying the [ manian flag. The Bulgarian port of Lom Palaka was the scene of great activity. For over fifteen months no boats from up- stream had arrived there. Now tho jetties were crowded with barges from Austria and Germany. On the pre- vious day King Ferdinand of Bul- garia and Premier Radoslavoff had been at Lom Palaka to assist in the resumption of trafic between Bul- garia and the Central Powers, an event which Germany and Austria- | Hungary thought important enough to have inaugurated by Duke Albrecht or Mecklenburg, brother-in-law of Emperor Willlam, who was a passon- ger on the first convoy arriving. Traffic Now Normal. For the first two weeks nothing but military supplies were shipped down stream, principally arms and amm:ni- tion for Bulgaria and Turkey. Both these countries stood in need of heavy artillery and artillery ammunition. Some of the later boats brought a large number of heavy motor trucks, combination and scout aeroplanes, ambulances and sanitary supplies. Since then ordinary merchandise has been admitted to shipment. The re- turning barges and boats carry raw material of all sorts and foodstuffs. During the last few days a regular passenger and mail service Lo Lom Palaka has been in operation, un- til today traffic on the Danube may be considered normal with the dif- ference that never before hal it known such proportions. The mili- tary supplies of which Bulgaria and Turkey can make use are many, and on the other hand Austria-Hungary and Germany offer an eager market for the agricultural and animal in- dustry products of the two first men- tioned countries. Some anxiety had been felt in Con- stantinople and lately in Sofla that the heavy demand which the war made on their relatively scant storage of artillery ammunition might soon create a problem it would be difficuit to solve in case a free route Hf com- munication were not opened up. This, in fact, was the principal reason why the long delayed offensive against Serbia was undertaken, when It was, though the attitude of Bulgaria neces- sarily played an important part in this. But German and Austrian war stores were not the sole factor. The Central Powers could make good use of Turkish and Bulgarian wool, skins, hides cereals and copper ores, and Turkey and Bulgaria needed the ravc- nues which would come from the tale ! of these materials. It is to be doubt- | ed that history ever before presented | an instance in which the opening of a line of communication met so ade- | quate ly the needs of four allied peo- ples engaged in war, or that from this | condition so urgent a necessity had | sprung. For the first time since the | outbreak of the European war Ger- many and Austria-Hungary are rela- tively independent economically, while Turkey and Bulgaria now have within their reach an inexhau supply of war materials, inexhaustible today because the German and Aus- tra-Hungarian arms and ammunition manufacturers now have access to the great mineral stores of the Balkans and the Ottoman Empire. The short- age of copper in the Central States has been ended by the taking of the copper mines near Milanovac and elsewhere in Serbia. Bulgaria, too, has a large number of copper mbmes, the best of them near Mesdra, on the Mesdra-Lom Palanka branch railroad, jand the Turks can meet any possibie ' shortage with ores from Anatolia, notably from the Smyrna region. Chemical raw material also may be | brought from Turkey in Asla and a paucity of cotton for explosives is now altogether unlikely, since ghis staple is produced in considerable quantities in the Cilician plain. It is of interest to learn that eveh a placer gold flield has fallen into the hands of the Central Powers, that near Milonovae, Serbia. Washing s now in progress. Nine Tows in Day. In a single day the Associated Pvesk correspondent saw as many as nine tows go down the river, each consist- ing of a tug and seven barges—tle latter each carrying the equivaleut o one hundred freight cars, giving the day's traffic a total of 6,300 carloads or 215 trains of average size. For the five days spent on the riveg, the, total cannot be less than 40,000 car- loads, or with bulk and weight, brought into relations, over mi lion tons. Many of the tows came d rectly from Germany, the namos ¢ the barges’ home ports and the Jis tance travelled indicating that the had been concentrated in thé Ausi trian reaches of the Danube whon th offensive against Serbia had not yel begun. As an example of GCerma and Austro-Hungarian thorongsithos: the preparations for the resumpiig of Danube traffic are noteworthy. Already train connections for mil, tary purposes exist between Berll and Constantinople and, according 1 assertion made here, a through pas senger and express freight service will be in operation within three weeek via Belgrade and Nish. The Sert were not given time enough to de stroy this line as thoroughly as it w4 expected they would and as a resul of this people here hope to trave soon on the “B” exvress, a train ihi will link “‘Brussels-Berlin-Budapes Belgrade, Bulgaria-Byzanthium Notice. To Creditors and Noteholders: The First National Bank of Plak ville, located at Plainville in the stat of Connecticut, is closing up 1 affairs. All noteholders and othg creditors of said association are therd fore hereby notified to present thei notes or other claims against the a: sociation for payment A. A. MacLEOD, The German the peace sp people have answer h of thelr chancellg A day of retribution is coming mn only for the masses who have bel made to suffer horribly n A effect of this war, but for the BN mailed fist that was primarily Tesp sible for this frightful debacle— I} falo Commercial.