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BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1916. SLACKERS SCORNED F MY FALL " 0 50| 10pe Glothing House “Conscientious Objectors” Held in B Derision and Suspicion (Correspondence of the Asso. Press.) | London, Aug. 18.—The heated feel- | ings kindled by war prevent the *“Con- sclentious Objector” to military service I CANNOT HAVE MY FALL OPENING ACCORDING TO THE } i bl b e perspective of the present times as he WEATHER g may be in some more idealistic age. | Great Britain is the only nation hav- | Order your Suit or Top Coat now and save Five Dollars, for as soon as it ing compulsory military service which § | excuses those whose consciences for- gets coo]er’ you will have to pay more for your garmcnt,s, for the merchan- bid them to take human life. Not- | withstanding the parliamentary act | which recognizes either the injustice, | dise is going up every day. | or the impolicy, of forcing such men | FINAL CLEARANCE to bear arms, the ‘“Conscientious Ob- | ALL ORDERS TAKEN UP TO WEDNESDAY WILL BE FIN- @ |icon: ‘i objeots of sencral deo- rision and suspicion. 3 ISHED FOR LABOR DAY. i iy SALE OF CLOTHING The terms'of the Military Service SUITS or Top COATS Made to Measure [ @i b oot WHICH INCLUDES jection to the undertaking of com- ¥ o the decision of what constitutes on- HA T, b HAF g | scientious objection” principally in i n the hands of the tribunals to which n/] [ ) ’ ® [ ] men who wish to escape military ser- | & ARX CLOTHES. vice must apply. Naturally the de- | - . cision of different boards have been | Garments cut and made on premises. colored largely by the personal views 5 . and prejudices of their members. Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Refunded. Some of these courts have been very liberal in accepting protestations of | scruples against fighting, while others subject applicants to severe cross ex- amination, or ridicule, and exempt very few. Members of the Soclety of Friends, better known as Quakers, and of a religious body called Christadelphians, generally have been excused from the army. But others who cannot prove that they belong to any religlous sect which is opposed to war, whose claims are hased merely on their personal N STREET NEW BRITAIN CONN s e <4 Y o popular bellef, the claim of conscien- tious objection is the chief loophole for cowards and shirkers, and this causes the ignominy in avhich objec- tors are held. fl 1ind but (l he K n w ld s D . NAVAR Disregard Summons. released. The others were waiting | before| the quartermaster-Sergeant, w # n Many conscientious objectors have | their trials. The status of these men | who coaxed a lot as well as other offi- * y 0 or S o1 gS’ VIL of much discus- | cers. disregarded entirely the summons to | has been the subject 2 A e AN . ? = {he army. Then when brought before | sion in parliament and in the news- I refused all particulars. I would anrs to dociely omen s Reaaings dealt with practically as deserters. [ ment ve been made freely by their | roughly handled A corporal kicked Many have been sentenced to prison, | friends. These- charges were made |and punched me across the square in S e several to terms at hard labor of two | regarding men who had ¢ aimed to |an awful manner. The treatment made vears, and others to lesser terms rang- | he conscientious objectors, and whose | me cry, I am ashamed to say, but I Afld He w o OH Al f | e down to two months of mere de- | claims were votoed by the tribunals. | have no enmity towards him. I sup- Orrlfis lcers mOS tention, the mildest form of imprison- As a result of the agitation, the | pose he had to do it A great many ment The number of objecto taken | government has decided that men |do not wish me to be kicked about, AS MUCh AS Gel‘mafls into military custody up to the thirty- | undergoing punishment for diso- |and advise me to give'in to save st of May was Of these 168 | hedience on naccount of alleged con- [myself and others trouble.” had heen court-martialled, and 110 [ sclentious scruples shall be trans- [ Another objector's letter ran: ferred to civil prisons and have their i cases reviewed by a judicial (-«'vmmn: il oll fhionds s grestess diss varre, some of {hem perhaps some- | tee which will have power to exempt | | i iment for T have been forced to stretehed, a few of them au- sm from military duty, or give them | \ ; what st : f them au- | them from military duty, or give them | 0 10000 60 knowing T was doing wrong, but my physical body would not stand the treatment. This | morning I refused to go on parade. (Correspondence the Assoclated. Press.) “This letter no doubt will cause you Paris, Aug cond Licutenant i Navarr the Irench flying | corps, s just been oficially credited With destroying his tenth German ma. | thentic. One of the latter relates to | some other work of national import- chine. Unofiicially, he has brought | his fourth (-‘.nny;u. which barely es- | ance. down eighteen; that is to say that, in | caped getting him thirty days of Mevo Fs A daitioniio the e racil _ | prison. He had then already acquired LIRS A oL : Rris fioa o rn il has veon 1:“\:(1,‘“:11?(‘}-“;:5 the habit, which he still follows, of | In the course of a discussion in the I was rofiwx‘t o av;;‘anvM- T e superior officers, ho s known to have | Eeting out before daylight and finish- | Hlouse of Commons Mr. Rowntree, a | BCC M REHCL 0 WhEQ At SR PHOD sent cight more to earth hehind the |ing his sleep in his machine, so as to [ Quaker member from York, sald that ‘“.”.‘1‘,1 . ki b German lines under circumstances | be ready to take the air instantly | most of the complaints of persecution i PR _"fl'”“"' s iso e ] Ln (;“_“m that justify the supposition that they | When an adversary's machine is slg- [ and cruel treatment by the military 2108 WIUE O SOCBSRR POC AR were destroyed, ¥ | nalled. On this occasion his aid ran | were levelled against non-commis- | Thers ° Bad the TORERESE TXEE -8 A Navarra (s the “enfant terrible/it orl| UDL crying: JéTheres isial Germdn (|sloned offcers: | Ho Wibellevad Sthat | P8 T ae e o it Sop i Soiii s pest, of the French flying corps, with | coming up there.” elghty per cent. of tho objsctors had |/, ig ey o pane funtll 1 wasl nghél Becenintoitian thng lieep Tl ioperior Navarre darted into the air above | heen well treated. The Under Sec- |Ded on the face antil fwes ngary offlders bis He had seen most of | the River Marne and made straight [ retary for War, M. Tennant, asserted “}m ]’-M\ \((1 b h“’w“ = X a‘h the world at 18, and had just disem- | for & big German two-seated biplane. | that most of the so-called persecution | F/% . SC00 Lo8a, B IO 0 Mg Mot barkeq from Japan and taken a few | He fired a dozen bullets at the pilot, [ had been mere “horseplay” which it {2 B2 0 Tl 5 = o, (Ll ot (Hld lessons in aviation when the war | who, in trying to shield himself, [ was difficult to deal with offictally. SSC ot S et ] broke out. Too young to be called to | steered his machine abruptly to one Undoubtedly objectors who were f”‘ X : the colors regulasly, he enlisted and | Eide Then Navarre placed nine bul- | forced Into the army have been hazed | Other objectors have written of se~ was summoned to appear for madical | lets in the motor and the machine [ by their comrades. One of the anti- [ Vere military punishments for fe- examination: instead of responding, | plunged toward the earth but landed | conscription socicties has compiled let- | fusing to drill, such as standing ofill ho took the train for Saint-Cyn, and | without —accident. Navarre landed [ters written to relatives and friends |on parade for an hour, or being tied told the officers there that he had | after it, and, running up Jjust as [by objectors reciting their experiences, | up to trees, while others complain of o . been ordered to report to join the en- | sendarmes were taking the pilot and Letters Published. what {rif Ametioan; collages) would s = L s — = gincers. Together with a comrade that | the ol ‘()'V\(‘r ;m\m]'. 1m;|m1 nwlm into LR~ . "’)m\( *‘:;’N\k o5 iere. “;'\"‘"K-‘ }:‘t""\“g ~ — - . A B 5 s license. e ap- | a wineshop beside the endarmes’ e er read: heir blankets pu off at night, an THEY SEE THE WORLD THROUGH ANOTHER'S EYES :“i']“'_‘““‘y‘_'y‘y:‘ty“"i‘.""x’_"":[.""lf““:;\'h";”(.”‘:.IL e (1 BN (5 “Got here about 3-30 and was taken | ducked under pumps. at wours to be incorporated in that The prisonerssent to the rear relat- One of ithe most interesting of New | “up” in anything in the way of cur- yEvery morning Mrs. Gould and several | servic The captain examined the “'1, ”"‘f ‘,m;’;,‘:n,‘ ."m‘,‘ ”,"P ‘.w;mil coms York charities is depicted herewith. | rent events, and they can discuss the | other ladies spend hours at the home | papers of the real aviator and passcd nn;#:_fl\k .-“-"\‘fflf ‘t“qu:(« |’ :\\::‘:'xo Tt ahows Mrs, G. T Gould, well known | changes in’ the man of Iurope with |reading aloud the news. While they | him; then asked Nava “ixghat o | DdeE SI0Rs BILCk foo thirty Gege. The 2 i reading to the inmates of | accuracy and fluency for poiltic | rend sloud the “evcs’ (Angere) of the | ¥on went? “Samie as he! weplied | escentric avlators emiusing explans- P U g b I <\ in society, reading t¢ nmatc i pancefinency politi- | read aloud t es" (fingers) of the ; V¢ N . for- | tion of the incident, however, got the FI I le \ E fl I R]‘{ the home For Destitute Blind It | cal gossip, civic welfare and the many | sightless men and women are busily | Navarre, and withont further for- or e e o . L A s v 5 3 5 better s anger and the | Tl any seeing women to | other subfe e A pear e et e b o S e T eiiion an really puts many seeir | ¥ i ily work Bins sentence was suspended. Jame to'discuss the topies of the day | daiiies and zazines, they are free- | chairs, knitting, scwing, crocheting, | 80-horse power hiplane at the front, e Ia :i:h H"(\.\’f‘ ‘\.uml ’u‘”..:. v\_(‘fur‘ihy ire ‘ ly discussed by these blind women. | cte. 2t v 1(!':‘!:”: 11)1\‘r‘~ [1 l’Hu\l\ t\\m; \x‘<‘r:]l’r\”“;“ OW TO P | [O ]\jAKE HOMES BEAUTIFUL 1 Doswig j e : R o e e [ EDUCE HUNDREDS OF PIECES FOR LIVING ROOM called it “driving a taxi-auto,” and N ~rav, - = 3 » > v i [l YOUR WEIGHT|§ BEDROOMS BINING 10 Gore, TARLORS. . ) ; : B et ALLS, ETC., ETC. 6t. Touis Wants Sccond Game With | Braves Offer Five for Heinie | islc wag beaten by Mrs, ¢ i . hinton, Aug. 25—Managor| Chicago, Aug. 25.—-Tho proposed | gin ‘of 2 up and 1 to piay. nut Ms | where men wers hns (mined to 17 | sumestiuous at know o 1o wen | B ere educed Prices Ha \ser | gimmerman, Chicago Siinio | = et inoRBER i iating B Sla I it o aw el lTeET anegiand uaate ol fredlssom fontland ldioneRinat loversi(il During our August Mark-Down Sale we are- ; an opportunity to try one of them. His | go oble hove R ; . : 5 by Paseman, to the Boston National clull | Faoesmonn today. I B el o | lentnie s ogben making reductions ranging from 15 to 50 PER CENT. ill hanging fire 1 night, Presi- i A : Slbl e If you are carrying around five or | - 5 ! X lent Weeghman of the Cubs said. il e o e e et | reronnd s ot unneR el By ongate on practically every article in our extensive stock of { 2 5 o A% DSV LD 5. ly weakening your vital or- d [ f i good quality furniture. an ohservation tour, that resulted in of t al involving the trade of Heinie | Weeghman planned to confer fur- i ¢ et the . unnecess: (B e i 16il Binriamcr Slallinssh oolivhof (MR ManCHeS ISl ARVIE A uE o0 e | Lt 2 f“’\ hisgdebuGinighe fcha gans and are carrying a burden which e e Van Buren of the Englewood March, 1915, and in his f 3 - | destroys the beauty of vour figure : . S e the 1 I et Lo ‘attaciced one of e German ma- | 15ires e S ot coue neere, 18 All Floor Coverings at Reduced Prices o give for Zimmerman . S IR Sk A AL e : | Ekwanok in a single stroke yester- , Chines that was the most redout wrom superfluous fat. if you want to Asemar S i Ttil | 1 i b his s a pilo i | Pric 5 7\ 3 o c seman mmith UL, e anlishing a |20 that time, by s skl as o pilot | U our welght in o stmple, rafo | Prices have been reduced on every one of our Ctlos ke el plrp || sl Mo o ek av the same g o5 o him, looped the loop under | 20d teliable way, without starvation | § collection of room-sized Rugs, which embrates over time reducing the ~ted hole score diet or tiresome exercise, of the course from thirty-seven 1o | NiM: sailed all around him. risking a | £ B0 FSORG L SH9G i P08 0 p | B 500 choice patterns of Wiltons, Body Brussels, Ax- ago Nationa vesterday O | Qozen times to collide with him, yet Oriheldor Earl Smith from | tHirty-six. During seventeen years of | | (U yuine tho German observer a | lime @s you can In the open air,| B -minsters and Tapestries. All small Rugs, Hall Run- | Sl e e hs wver he cour the hol has | breathe deeply and get rom The | never previously vielded a one fichance to fire. The Germanimachina | (Be 8 (880 100ty o0 Son | ners and Piece Goodschave likewise been' reduced. { finally went to earth a few yards from \m_whi - = the French lines without having heen | 800d drugsist a box of oil of korein Oilcloths, Linoleums and Straw Mattings have alt Tedely FiRRe o SCOTT SUSPE = |G = ’ « apsules; take one after each meal hit or damaged any way; the G S : SUSPENSION LIFTED, ashington, Au _Jim Seott, | o ! 'mh‘" S Tt e i e ] ana one before retiring at night. been reduced 15 per cent. from our regular low prices. Tho suspension | Veteran right handed pitcher of fhe | presence of the fantastic evolutions of | Weigh yourself once n week so as| @ A large selection of bright and attractive patterns 5 T. Evers of the Bos- | Chicago Americans, was sent homo s adversary and could only inquire | t0 know just how fast you arc losing | B S T 5| S s | ton Nationals, imposed by President | Manager Rowland for failure to ob- | after being made prisoner: *“What in | weight and don’t leave off the treat- whic 0 make your selections, | Tener Tuesday, was lifted yester- | Serve training rules, just befora the | the world is that phenomenon that fell | ment or even skip a single dose until | | day, according to a telegram from | i team left New York Wednesday for [upon me?" Since that time Navarre | You are down to normal : T e % 5 e the series there. His suspension is in- | has flown successivel 1 the dif- Oil of korein is absolutely harm- O PITCH SEPT 1. ague exccutive received by ¢ E successively in all the dif COMPLETE 7 asl ‘ : . | Prosifent Hauzhton of the Braves. | definite ferent machines in the French avia- | less, is pleasant to take, and helps dl- AGENTS FOR in , ' a Sy el et O —_ tion service, mastering them all with | gestion. Even fl‘(t‘\\‘ days treatment | HOME GLENWOOD ager M nnoy rday : S eley et | Fxtreme Thrift. equal ease and s ana never failing | has been reported to show a notice. | i Tt fallow el wordel = ual e ind skill and never failing | | FURNISHIj:RS i A RANGES that he had agreed to : s e N e (Seattle Posi-Intelligencer) to charge an enemy wherever he | able reduction in w footsteps | game for the Reds o 0 CSaturday i . “T fear my cousin is going to marry | found him. His theory of the aerial | become lighter, your work scem ecusier | B 40-56 FORD Sept. 4, when the opne T & a very stingy man.” combat is to go at his man, drive | and a lighter and more Louyant feel- | OVERLOOKING Svill be Miner Brown for the Chicago S % “Why so right at him regardless of the enemy’s | ing takes possession of your whole | ETREET WHERE QUALITY CAPITOL Cubd He afso announced thal he 3 ROSENTHAL EN. “She suggested A morning wedding | fire, paying attention only to his own. | being. | @ HARTFORD 1S HIGHER THAN PRICE. GROUNDs had signed an, o lder named Paul| ( ids, Mich . 25, but he said to make it after lunch on | Up to date, Navarre has ged Every person who suffers from Smith. Smith was obtained from the | title holder was in the | the ground that she would get one | ncarly fifty air hattles. superfluous fat should give this treat- | Montreal club. women's western golf championship more meal at home.” A great many anccdotes are told of | ment a trial. |

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