New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 24, 1915, Page 8

RITAIN HERALD PUBLISHING GOMPANY, Proprietors. Sunday éxcepted) at 4:15 p. m. Bullding. 67 Church St Novmit— Post Office at New Britain ond Cless Mail Matter. C? fors to & Week, 65 Cents a Month. for paper to be sent by mall in advance, §0 Cents & nth,. 37.00° & year. fitable «dvertising medium in. Ciroulation books and press iways open to advertisers. v part of tne city 11 e found on sale at Hota- Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- . York City; Board Walk, | City and Hartford depot. SLEPHONE CALLS. i e Christmas season when pn' overaburidance ‘of v aBd’good will toward fiias sunshine is never ap- 1 after g rainy day so la country should be re- nced by the 'war abroad. jare a nation made up of | other nations. Hardly a the country {s without a me dotument from friends ng of the terpible calam- s visited there. ' There will s s in Europe this year, ne for years to come. Then d be all the more reason mas in the » United uld' outrank any other It means so, much, It are at peace with the world, kood cheer in almost every There is reason to be nd whatever differences we bng ourselves should be read- tten. Life at best is full cares and sorrows, shadows ness. So when the merry season forces itself upon us be welcomed in the pro- t. “Be ye then as little " for Christmas is the season hood. It is the time of the girls, it is theirs, all theirs. the grown-ups shake off of age for the nonce there ho Christmas for them. nto the cheéry little faces of It is a sight good for See little Johnnie there angelic features. polished up bceasion, ready to sprout wings b any moment. He has cer- een a good boy, because he at Santa Claus is going to bwn the chimney at midnight He knows he is going to get onderful- presents when the old ‘gentleman " with the red ves his sleigh up on the roof hes his rein-deer to the light- d. And little: Mary. She too to get some nice things for has, a doll, and a little house, bther doll, and a book, and oh p many things,” and maybe a pby carriage to wheel the doll p some other little girl’s house ow and 'show how good Santa @ firen. has been. It'll be a great day, ht. Father' and mother will the fun, and they will get bresents too. Just what father t outside of the annual neck- not worth considering because, jhe’s just father. But anyway will be much joy and lots of nent. 80 that no boy in the city will be something the big hearted jave put up a wenderful Christ- Jree on the green. It is all light- p with beautiful incandescent and there will be toys on it he good boys and girls whose rs cannot afford to have a tree pbme, or who have no mothers jtathers, and everybody will be o see it and watch Santa Clause bute the presents. Gee! It is to be a boy or a girl at Christ- It is great even to see them. rries the old folk back over the it brings a tear to the eye, a o the throat; but it is good just me. And, better still, it makes n and a woman feel that after jife is nothing if we grow out of boyhood and girlhood. So then all be boys and girls again. once more, with all the sunshine e voices and moongleams in our wi*'* never a bitter feeling in hee for anyone, with smiles our ‘ntimates and a pleasant nod those we pass on the long road of the road that has no turn. That he Christmas spirit. It is the t of peace on earth and good will lard men. It is the great doctrine *“Love thy neighbor as thyself”, only principle that keeps the i from flying'to'pleces. As soon we forget the intrinsic meaning of stmas we forget to live like hu- n beings, lilge real men and women. t we have b ‘reason to forget it this land where the horn of plenty Ipouring its blessings over the north, e south, the west, and the east. WHAT. DEWEY THINKS. [No man. in this country would dare edtion the patriotism of Admiral ge W. Dewdji | 'He stands today greatest figure in the American p e Jorfflthm” oz dstretired he holds. an' l‘& nfig&n in any- that pertains, to its improve- ment. Bay he won his place in American history. s first and if there could be a close second it must necessarily be the American Navy. He believes that they are inseparable, that the navy must ever stand as the greatest line of defense for this nation. There is much in what he says. Situated as ‘we-are, with two great coastlines each more than a thousand miles in length, a formidable navy must be ever on hand if at any time a foe would dare trespass. With this in mind and remembering the fact that Admiral Dewey has no other reason but patriotism for saying what he does, it might be well at this time to peruse the following from him: “Our main defense and protection ‘rro’m inv; n, must always rest with the mavy, Jwhish: must evér remain | our first amdibést lne ot defense: This defense, upless’adequate; is impotent: # * adequacy. is not reached” tintil the navy is sirong enough to meet on equal terms the navy of the strongest Dossible adversary.” There are but a few words there, but they contain a world of advice and should be seriously considered by | all. Americans as coming from a man who knows what he is talking of, ‘who has had all the experiences of = a fighter. The Admiral knows what would happen should an enemy -sgek to invade the shores of the United States. He knows that the brunt of the battle would fall naturally on the boys who man our warships. When he declares that a navy equal to the strongest now in existence would be necessary to prevent the landing of a formidable force he is not speak- ing as a jingoist blind to reason; he is giving the views of a seasoned sai- lor, a man who has run the gamut from middy to admiral. It is the doctrine of preparedness, simply that, nothing more. Coming from a man of such eminence it must be heeded and it will be taken to heart for the American people have a confidence in Admiral Dewey that cannot be shaken. There are no politics mixed in what he says; naval officers and army officers are not built that way. They are the few remaining people in this nation who have not some par- ticular axe to grind. When the time comes to thrash out all the arguments for and against national defense it is safe to say the leaders in Congress will willingly give ear to any views the Admiral might care to express. And he could say no more than he has in the aforegoing few lines. NEW TRADE COMING., Every day there comes an instance of what the war abroad is doing in the way of destruction for European interests and boosting for American institutions and business. Argentina has arranged for a loan in this coun- try of $6,000,000, which, while"it is for the short space of six months, means that the financial interests to the south of us are turning their eyes In this direction and may con- tinue to do business at this stand. It From his bravery in Manila | With him the United States | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1915. COMMUNICATED., Some Pertinent Remarks on a Widely Discussed Meeting. To the Editor of the Herald: Because the Armenian Church Meeting held Sunday night has re- ceived so much attention from the pa- pers and because Mr. Harry Kevor- kian's statement are quoted as au- thority for publications, I wish | state the other side of the story. Mr. Kevorkian was not a regularly President,. but nevertheless wanted to be re-elected. At a meeting three weeks previous to the election in ques- tion, bers to act as. a committee to pre- sent the names of candidates as offi- clals. Tn the committee’s report the name of Mr. Harry Kevorkian did not appear, thus disqualifying him as a candidate for re-election. In order to determine the name of should be registration with the Sec- retary, the lists to be open until fri- day evening at 9:30:0’clock Before the electlon. The Secretary’s records show 108 names registered.* The cp- position to Mr. Kevorkian had a ma- jority of these votes. At the elac- tion Sunday evening, Mr. Kevorkian presided. Thirty-one persons pre- sented themselves to vote for Mr. Kov- orkian who were not among those reg- istered prior to the closing of the lists Friday evening. Mr. Kevor- kian, the chairman-candidate, re- fused to.let any one see the Secretary’s Tecords. Thereupon Mr. Kevorkian and other. candidatés put tfie ballots, which had’been cast, into their pock- ets, and left the hall. Afterwards, T understand, Mr. Kevorkian, the chair- man-candidate, declared himself to be re-elected, which is very surprising, as the meeting was abruptly adjourn- ed and since, there has not been any meetings. His claim of re-election is contrary to our Church regulation and constitution. The opnosition, with a majority »f the membership, have taken an ap- peal from the rulings of Mr. Kevor- kian, to the head of the: Armenian Church in this country and are now awaiting his ruling. The Armenian people feel keenly the disgrace brought upon them- selves and their church management by these events, but feel that the blame should be placed where it properly belongs. It is incumbent upon Mr. Kevor- kian, as well as all other of our country-men to give more thought to help and keep united our people in this country and try to bear his in. fluence in channels where it will do more good and not cause dissention, as the present condition of our coun- try needs all the harmony of its people to alleviate the chaotic eon- ditions existing there and succor orphans and fugitives caused by the savage Turks. M. KRTKORTAN. FACTS AND FANCIES. We fail to see why New York half the income taxes of the country. Hasn't it half the taxable incomes?— Binghamton Press. The Greman sclentist who claims n have found a substitute for brass boiling down the imprudence of Ger- man agents in the United States— Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Talk of a great railroad strike in the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- is interesting to note in passing that whenever anyone wants money this is the country that can produce, At the present moment we are able to finance the world. Previously, when the South American governments wanted money they went abroad in their search. That had been almost a fixed habit with them. They have done most of their trading there. Now, however, the strings on the European money bags have been tightened, the doors to the vaults have been closed to outsiders, and Ameri- can exchequers are about the han- diest ones in reach. Therefore the men of the Southland must needs come here. By injecting a little American liberality into the dealings with those traders in the twenty-one South American republics the busi- ness men of America have a great opportunity to make this business per- manent. By extending credit a little longer than has been the wont of American bankers our financial and commercial interests will receive a Leost in the Latin-Americas that will keep them ever at the top, over and above any other interest in the world. It is but natural that the spirit of ! Pan-America ‘should win out in the end. There should be more trading on this continent,—it is the natural channel. That our foreign-born population contains the saving element of the pation, financially, is shown by figures from the postoffice department to the effect that seventy-two per cent. of the deposits in postal savings-banks belongs to those who came from other lands. The spirit of thrift and sav- ing is great in the man who knows the value of a dollar, It is the Ameri- can who spends his money like a drunken sailor. Down the years, when spendthirft boys and girls take unto themselves life partners who have imbued in them the principle of “a penny saved is a penny earned” there will be a happy balancing of natures. No one loves a miser, and yet a reck- less spender of money is a bad asset to the nation. There is a golden med- gineers. The trend is more and more methods.—Buffalo Commercial. St. Louis as a place for naming the Democratic Presidential ticket has not been chosen as a mascot. Tilden, who was counted out; Cleveland, when he was not elected, and Parker, who was defeated, were all nominated at St. Louis.—New York World. Someone has dug up the fact that _Ford once gave a cup for Arm marksmen. Suppose he did. the President say something about —Pittsburg Dispatch. By a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, the law bar- ring out prizefight films sent from abroad to this country is sustained. This is sensible. pressions of barbarity from the war news every day. In fact we could do with less very, very easily.—Brooklva Eagle. by the German government as “a pur. chasing agent for private intevest: who “had no instructions” to violat: the laws of the United States. It is another of those singular coinciden- vantage of Germany and in associa phia Ledger. As To “Medical Freedom.” (Waterbury Democrat.) The Lamus Democrat is published in Lamar, Mo., once a week. What follows is from an editorial. that ap- peared in the issue of June 10, 191 Those who read it will realize why is unnecessary to make any ment: Every week we read a journal that is devoted quite hotly to medical freedom. Judging from what tais seven-day periodical of enlighten- ment has to ger of a vast medical trust, that wili sit heavily and ruthlessly upon us, poisoning us with deadly serums and vaccines, gagging us with neuseous | decoctions of menphitic herbs. | Is there really anvthing the | ter with { dom in this 3 ! @gamn fool “i ' any al ! any r! Meny, Miney, business that we cannot try upon our diseased and tortured bodies if we are so minded. mat- |ium in all things. Truth compels us to answer, None. there were chosen' three moem- | should grumble over having to pay | must have discovered a method of | the spring is scouted by the head of | towards arbitration and other sensible | being “too proud to fight,” and wasn't | Bryan Colonel of a regiment in—-or | during—the Spanish-American War? | Captain von Rinteln s disavowed | . i;n that there is :ntelligent direc- | tion behind this. com- | 4 \ | to | nominated candidate for re-election as | Uskup, Servian Town, is Beehive of Industry Washington, D. C. Dec. 24— Uskup, the latest Serbian town to be added to the battleflooded region in the Balkans, the most important cen- ter in the south of the kingdom, is de- | scribed in a statement issued today by those who should be entitled to.vote the | church committee provided that there | | & terror equal to plague? | become of diphtheria and membran- | in the University of Washington, Did not | the National Geographic society. primer reads as follows: “Dominating the southern part of Serbia, a center of manufacture and a storehouse of supplies, the city of Uskup, situated 160 miles northwest of Saloniki, in a picturesque valley at the foot of two mountain ranges, the Shar Planina and the Kara Dagh, 1s a place of first military importance as a base of Serbian defense against the north and east. Although a city of some size, possessing more than 30,000 inhabitants and a number of busy factories, it has more of a rural agpect than that of a town when com- pared with Nish and Belgrade. With the loss of the northern Scrbian cities however, its strategic value becomes more important than that of any other place in the small state. Railroads Meet. “The railways from Nish and Mit- rovitza meet here, whence they pro- The Consider for a minute what been done by the regular school of freedom, and so We are so repeatedly warned. ous schools, cults, and consign it to forgetfulness. The regular school of medicine fallible. cannot do. But it never ceases in its search for truth. The laboratory and the clinic room are its founda- tion and inspiration. Nothing is taken its deductions for granted. It bases upon scientific facts, that must over- come the combined force of prejudice, tradition and vested interest. What has become of cholera? ‘What has become of infant diarrhoea? ‘What has become of smallpox, ous croup? quering tuberculosis, human plagues, the dread specter of hydrophobia? Who-achieved the marvels of modern surgery ? Has it not been the schcol of regular medicine, One by oac, hostile schools of healing have been reared to combat the ancient pro- fession of Hippocrates. Where are they now? Only echo answers, Where? ‘Who is frantically and supplicant- ingly in demand upon those long tle lines in Europe? It is practics? Tt is osteopaths? Christian Science healers? Those who seek to overthrow the regular practitioners found their as- sumption upon a combination of su- perstition and a wooden-faced denial of physic facts. They come and 2o like the passing seasons. They make no great scientific discoveries. Thev garner no tomes of physical knowl- edge. . They are found in the end to be based upon pretense, gullibility, superstition and esoteric moonshine. The regular school makes mistakes. It needs watching. It should never emerge to that haughty eminence where it will not receive its full quota of brain-clearing, humility-preserving kicks; but forget not, brethren, it is the salt of the earth, and suffering humanity’s one dim and distant star of hope. Who is gradually con- Dying of Thirst, (Seattle Post-Intelligencer.) Humorists long have made mysterious inhabitants of Mars the the | objects of cartoon and quip, but in a Fellow- | lecture at the Rosicrucian ship Hall recently Prof. S. L. Booth- royd, of the department of Astronomy ex- pressed Dpity for the plight of those who live on the planet nearest the earth- “Study convinces us that there is in- telligent reason on Mars,” Boothroyd, in an address which was | illustrated by astronomical drawings | ana photographs. “The canals Mars are not, as some people think, | filled with water and cut like the Pan We get enough im- | i on | bearing coo that what he did was to the ad- | tion with German officials.—Philadel- | ay, we are in great lan- | Mo™ | ama, Suez or Erie canals, but merely are called canals because they are straight. Mars moves south at one season, its necessary moisture, and then moves directly north over the same path makes inevitable the con- “Mars evidently is an old planet. Tts water is rapidly disappearing; it is dying of thirst. Let us think with pity of the peaple—perhaps like our- selves—who are trying desperately to ve what moisture is left that may live. Sad it seems some- times that we cannot stretch out a friendly hand of assistance.” Prof- Boothroyd expressed the opinion that the earth some day will “die of thirst,” as Mars is dying, be- ing unable to retain is moisture. The astronomer also said there is evidence that life exists on the planet Venus, though it doubtless is of a low- er grade®han Mars. owing to a less favorable atmosphere- As “for the stars—the suns that lie infinitely be- yond the solar system of man—no one dares say that intelligence equal to our does not exist. Prof. Boothroyd showed some strik- ing drawings of mountains of the se mountains” he exclaimed, 0,000 feet high, and may be measured accurately from their shad- o Thece pictures are probably true nature yme of draw t our engi rake of m within vie The utter insignifcance of the carth compared with the solar systems of the universe was brought out forceful- ly by a comparison of distance, Light to a sy has of medicine against which, in the name vociferously Then consider the achievements of the vari- 'isms and creeds that would supplant this profession is There are many things it once What has the greatest of Who has dissipated | said Prof- . of - Yet the fact that vegetation | ceed as a trunkline to the port of Sa- loniki. Among the thoroughfares ra- diating from the city are a road north- west to Prizren, one to the west, to the commercial center, Gostivar, and one east-northeast to Kumanovo, which last-named takes its way through a narrow valley to the Bul- garian frontler. It is along this road that the Bulgarians fought their way. | Another important road runs south to Koprili, and, thence, southwest to Monastir, one of the best-sheltered cities in the land under the conditions of the present war. “In normal years, Uskup does a con- slderable business, of an average value of about $5,00,000. The staples of its commerce are opium, grain, live "stock, fruit and tobacco. Its princi- pal manufactures are leather and dye- stuffs. Its industries include also weaving, metal-working, and the pro- duction of flour and wine. Uskup ‘continues the traditions of the ancient | city of Scupi, which was destroyed by an earthquate in 518. Justinian re- Justiniana prima, and in the ' boys and girls on the farm has Capitalizing Farmers’ Children. The old problem of keeping the been solved in a novel and interesting man- ner by John McCallum, a middle west farmer, whose plan is described by Charles Francis Reed in Farm and | Home. John McCallum was born in Scot- land, and it was only by hard work that he had made a fortune for him- self and possessed a stock fram which covered 1800 acres. He was a breed- er of Percheron horses, Shorthorn cattle, Duroc Jersey hogs and Oxford- down sheep, and he was justly proud of the products of his farm. Hisland and stock business must remain in- ) tact, and vet he knew that his nine growing sons and daughters were be- coming restless—they would soon be wanting their own—and he must sup- ply it for them. McCallum thought it over for several days, and then one afternoon paid a visit to his lawyer in a near-by town. It was a most satis- factory vistt, and he came home with & smiling face—for he was sure that he had found the way for which he had searched. The very fact that he wished to Jeep the farm intact had given him an answer, The following morning after break- fast the whole family assembled in the front room and the father laid before built the city and gave it the name of | would give them all a share early | farm—and which created at them the plans of a scheme which in the once a Middle Ages it served at times as the | spirit that meant success. Each one of ‘capital of Serbian Tsars.” can travel from the earth to the sun in eight minutes, it was pointed out, whereas it takes light hundreds of years to move from the earth to some of the stars. It is foolish to say what we may know and what we may not know in the future,” remarked the lecturer. “All the great men of history who have ventured to say that certain things would never be accomplished have been contradicted within a short | time. Infinite and unknown as the | universe is, the greatest thing in it is i'the human mind, and the possibilities {of the mind are unlimited” SETT e Blunders of Modernity. (Judge.) Eugenics—A foolish attempt to im- ! prove the race and promote human | happiness by substituting anatomical | affinity for love: | Uplitt—A contagious throwing monkey wrenches into the ! evolutionary machinery of human beings who are hard at work attend- 'ing to their own business. | Efficiency—The removal of all the waste and all the joy from all human activity; displacing common sense with the micrometer caliper and the slide rule, Prosperity—The much longed-for condition of being unreasonably well equally, fatal to individuals, insti- tutions and common wealths. Vera ILibre — Club-footed poetry; rhythm in the last stages of locomotor ataxi: Sexology—Conscious evolution on a rampage, a disastrous mixture of un- derdone ethics, unthought suggestion, | and natural instinct. Associated Charities—Efficiency in | brotherly love and sympathy; a con- venient expedient for allaying the pangs of conscience while the fruits of legal pillage are enjoyed. mania for London’s New Drink Rules. (Waterbury American.) As everywhere else among the bel- ligerents, where new temperance reg- ulations have been introduced owing to war conditions, so in London such regulations are working smoothly and admirably.: Under these regulations no public house is allowed to sell in- toxicants except from 12 o’clock noon to 2:30 in the afternoon and from 6:30 in the evening to 9:30, or 5 1-2 hours in all. At first there was a disposition among labor circles to resent such control of their drinking habits on the ground that as they were working long hours to provide munitions and meet the needs of the country, they should be permitted special indulgence in their moments of leisure. But this protest died out, largely because the rul are enforced with absolute . impartiality, being applied to clubs and hotels, patronized by the richer, no less than to publics, patronized by the poorer. KEverybody is treated in this matter without discrimination- The interesting question is whether, | on the return to normal conditions, it : will be pessible to continue such regu- | 1ation of alcohol, now: ncquiesced in ! as a necessity of war. Perhaps such continuance, at least | limit, will not be possible. But it will be far easier than before to enforce | proper regulations, at least, what would have been ruiarded as exterme | regulations before ‘“e war. And. very likely the temperance sentiment thus created results of ‘‘cutting alcohol out,” will pave the way for what may be a pret- ty universal temp rance, if not pro- hibition, movement in a large part of Europe. “Dry” Mince Pie. (Denver Cor., Baltimore News.) verybody knows that Colorado is going dry on New Year’s Day, but it never cccurred to any of the citizens of this fair state that when 1916 dawns the prohibition law is going to affect favorite edibles. It has been argued that you certainly can’t work up any excitement on a mince ple or two. and yet Gov. Carlson and Attor- ney-General Farrar at a conference have interpreted iie faw to cover the very brandy or snapny stuff that is put in plum pudding, nce pi2s, brandied peaches and other “esserts worth eat- in the extreme | i the children had a definite activity to be responsible for, either the buying of supplies, the care of stock or the running of the home. They knew that they would have a full share of the profit of their labors. John McCallum had incorporated his stock farm, dividing it into shares and giving each child a portion. The capital was $100,000 divided into blocks of stock of which Mr. McCal- lum kept énough to give himself the controlling interest. Mr. McCallum was elected president of the corpora- tion, his oldest son was appointed gen- eral manager, the second was voted the position of vice-president, while one of the other boys was made sec- retary and treasurer. When these posts were filled the work was as- signed to the different members of the corporation. The girls were assigned to the different departments about the house, the buying, the over-seeing of the cooking, and the other house- hold duties, and the boys were made superintendents of the different divi- sions of the farm work. . One boy took over the care of the cattle, another the horses, one the hogs, and the fourth the sheep. Each person has supreme authority over his or her portion/of the work, and the others are powerless to interfere un- less as a board they should find that a certain department was doing dam- age to the general welfare of the cor- poration. The plan as the president of the corporation outlined it was that each yeur the sons and daughters would buy some of his stock, so that in time they will have purchased all of Mc- Callum’s stock and be absolute own- ers of the farm. The children set to work with a will, and it was a new zeal that helped them, for they were working for their own benefit. The breakfast table grew to be the meeting place of the board cof directors, and inside of a | month many of the small leakages that had been eating into the profits of the place had been stopped by ideas which originated with the dif- ferent superintendents. OFFER TO MISS BJURSTEDT. Tennis Champion Has Chance to Be Motion Picture Star. Los Angeles, Cal, Dec, 24.—Miss Molla Bjurstedt, the national tennis champion, may become a motion pic- ture actress and stay in Southern California indefinitely. It is under- stood that a motion picture concern has made the famous Norweglan ten- nis player a lucrative offer, but that Miss Bjurstedt is afraid that she may not be a success on the film. Miss Bjurstedt, however, is enrap- tured with Southern California and would like to make this her home- Never has she seen such wonderful women tennis players in one place be- fore. In Norway she can defeat all the men. So her love for tennis and keen competition may induce her to accept the movie offer. At least that is what the motion picture man is banking on. Tennis fans who have seen Miss Bjudstedt on the courts for the sake of Southern California are wishing the movie man success. | BEST OF HIS TRADE, Philadelphia, Dec. 24, — Joe a new realization of the good | home here. | ing. | Persons desiring to have a real plum pudding with a little blue blaze on it for New Year's Day or a mince | pie with the correct flavoring must ! buy their brandy the preceding day. | There's quite a 1ot of sorrow about this and some of these who were for | prohibition in a half-hearted sort of way, when they heard that it was go- ing to interfere with such desserts de- clared that Colorad, was all right, but- | governments. | Britain to accede to the request | Large consignments of supplies Schroeder. for 14 years groundkeeper for the Athletics, and one of tne pest- known baseball diamond makers in he country, is critically ill at his Schroeder, who is 56 years old, has been ill since last sum- mer. A short time ago his condition became worse, and now little hope is held for his recovery. He was en- gaged as a groundkeeper for the Ath- letics when that club joined the American league in 1901. He kept old American league park, Twenty- McMILLAN'S - New Britain’s Big Busy Store READY TO SERVE YOU WITH USEFUL CHRISTMAS GIFTS UP TO THE LAST MINUTE Come to the Big Store where you’ll find plenty of merchandise to choose from, plenty of clerks to wait on you. Where a business organization is maintained to serve you promptly and efficiently. SUGGESTIONS Silk Hosiery Good Gloves Good Umbrellas Comfy Underwear Cut Glass Half Price Oceans of Handkerchiefs Neckwear in Christmas Boxes Leather Bags, etc., etc. WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS . McMILLAN IR9-201-203 MAIN. STRFET recently had permitted shipment of all hospital supplies, except rubber goods. These articles were denied admission on the ground that to permit them to go into enemy territory would re- lease a corresponding amount of rub+ ber for the manufacture of automobile tires and other military necessities. Great Britain's latest action puts & stop- to all shipments. HOUSE TO BE ON GROUND IF PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN is ninth street and Columbia avenue, in condition until the Athletics moved to Shibe Park, where he has been em- ployed since. BARS HOSPITAL SUPPLIES. Great Britain Places Bar On Them From U. S. to Central Powers. Washington, Dec. 24.—Negotiations looking to a withdrawal or modifica- tion of Great Britain’s decree forbid- ding the shipment of hospital sup- | plies from the United States to the | Central Powers are in progress be- tween the American and the British Refusal of Great | of the United States would affect the en- tire program of the American Red Cross for relief work in Europe. now are stored in New York pending the outcome of the negotiations. Great Britain and her allies untll peace. stood, will be then in an idea] position to act as agent of President Wilson & a mediator and go-between for belligerent nations. That President Wilson sending Colonel B, M. House to Europe to be on the ground when the time fbr peace negotiations comes is a report that went the rounds in Washington, From various sources, diplomatic and other, the American government has been informed that in six months time the peace movement in Burgpe will have gained great momentum. At that time, according to a belief enter- tained in administration circles, the present military deadlock existing on all the fronts will have been pread- venture to all the nations. It will then be realized that a decision can be reached only by years more of fighting and a tremendous cost of lives and money. All the belligerents, it is believed, will be in a frame of mind to accept even a tempol Colonel House, it, is unger< thy