New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 8, 1916, Page 7

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, « Battling Nations S:and Ships Into | 19186. SWEDEN FIGHTS T0 KEEP NEUTRALITY Peaceful Waters for Prizes (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 25.—The fear expressed in government circles here that belligerent naval operations in the Baltic this snummer would place a heavy burden upon the neu- PUBLIC NOTICE SLATER’S New York, Boston, Provi- dence, Hartford, Springfield. ‘Will Open the Largest Shoe Store in Connecticut at 843-845 Main Street, Hartford. OUR OPENING SALE SATURDAY, SEPT. 9TH. | Means You Will Save $2.00 to $3.00 on Every Pair of Shoes You Bu New Store. New Styles . New Goods Saturday Morning We <Vill Place on Sale 50,000 Pairs of Men's, Women's and Chil- dren’s new Fall and Winter Shoes. You can buy New High Grade Footweat at less than you ever saw it marked before. Prices that will scarcely be more than the cost of the leather. We will sell 1,000 pairs of $3.00 and $3.50 ladies’ and growing girls' high and low shoes at $2.00. We will sell 1,000 pairs of men’s and boys' $3.00 and $3.50 shoes at $2.00. We will sell ladles’ extra High Cut Black Hand Sewed §$5.00 boots at $3.00. | We will sell 565 pairs of men’s $5.00 Fine Bench Made shoes—every pair represents the latest new Fall styles—the new English lasts, some medium and wide toes in Patent Kid, Vie! Kid, Gun Metal Calf, Mahogany Calf, in button or lace at $3.00. vill sell Ladies’ $5.00 Royal Hign hite Calf, Pearl Grey Kid—in charming designs, beautifully made, cov- ered or leather Louls Heels—Opening Sale Price $3.00. We will sell Ladies’ Royal High Cuts— Havana Brown, Champagne Kid and Ma- hogany Kid Calf, $5.00 value, $3.00. We will sell Ladies' Two-Toned Boots— Havana Brown, Blue, Pearl Grey, Dark Gre: and Patent Leather with White tops—E: tra High Cuts, Handsome shades for con- servative dressers, Opening Sale Price $3.00. We will sell Men's $6.50 Police, Fireman's and Postmen’s Shoes, double soles with full leather lined, Opening Sale Price $3.95, We will sell Boys' and Girls' $2.50 sehool Shoes at $1.50. ‘We will sell Boys' and Girls' $3.50 School | Shoes at $2.00. | We will sell Men's Dr. Whitcomb's Cush- | ton Comfort Shoes, $6.00 value, at $3.45. We will sell Men's $5.50 Storm King Rub- | ber Boots at $3.45. We will sell Men's First Knee Rubber Boots at $3.00. We will'sell the Biggest Bargains in Con- necticut: Ladies’ $7.50 to §10.00 Extra High Cut Boots, made in the very finest washable kid in combinations of Black and Ivory, Cherry and Ivory, Grey and White, Ivory and White, Havana Brown, White and Blue and many other color combinations, all covered heels to match Tops and Bottoms, at $5.00. Two or three pairs of shoes for the price of one. Connecticut’s largest sale; an op- portunity that comes to shoe buyers about once in a lifetime. Tell your friends and neighbors about this sale. We are going to give such splendid values and at such low . prices that all wise, economical people will ‘attend this sale and get the bargains of their lives. Watch tne day Saturday. SLATER’S 8438-845 Main Strecr, Hartford. Quality $5.00 dafly papers. Big opening | polite | trality of Sweden seems to have been | amply justified k; the events of the | past few weeks. The Swedish navy, | small but efficient, has worked night and day to keep the territorial waters free of infringement, but despite this submarines and stealthy of the warring powers have slipped into the three-mile limit and stolen away with a prize. Germans Chief Offenders. Germany been the chief of- fender of late, but the Russians were | | | | vigilance | destroyers has guilty of poaching earlier in the sum- | mer and still hold two German steam- | ers taken within the three mile limit despite the protests of the Swedish government. The Germans seem to have adopted the practice of capturing a ship, tak- ing off such supplies as they need, and then releasing the vessel with a apology. Recently a Swedish ship, the Oscar IL.—not the ark of peace but a tidy little white steamer belonging to the Svea line—was cap- tured by a German destroyer and tak- en to a German Baltic port. There every bit of lubricating oil was re- moved from the steamer and she was allowed to proceed. The Germans naturally expressed their willingne; to pay for the oil. They would pay a fortune to anyone who could run a cargo of oil past the British blockade. The incidents of sunk or captured ships have been many, but there have Slam! goes his desk, Bang! goes the office door. It’s six o’clock and Smith’s going home. But why therush? Well Mrs. Smith is going to have biscuits and old-fash- ioned short cake made with D &C. That’s worth going home for. She says DsC Is the Flour for me SELF-RAISING D & C Coupons are being distributed from house to house entitling you to a package of D & C FREE. Be sure and get your coupon and use it at your gro- cer’s at once. TR THE LIVING ROOM URNITURE The charm of an upholstered chair or rocker lies not alone in its artistic at tragtion, but in the luxuri- ous comfort which one is sure to enjoy in its use if it is endowed with those qualities of construction which are o be found in upholstered furniture displayed in our stock. Upholstered furniture is something which one must purchase largely upon faith, as it were, for it is what you do not see, rather than what you do see, that determines quality. We are careful to select only such upholstered furniture as we KNOW to be GOOD, and which we can tion. sell with our recommenda- Accordingly, we invite you to inspect the at- tractive variety in our stock, knowing that you will find exactly the pieces to please you best, also pieces which will add real beauty and comfort to your home. COMPLETE HomE FURNISHERS #0-66 FORD BTREET HARTFORD G 7oy IS HIGHER THAN AGENTS FOR GLENWOOD RANGES OVERLOOKING CAPITOL WHERE GROUNDS UALITY RICE. been far more unheralded instances where raids have been prevented by the presence of Swedish cruisers, de- stroyers and torpedo boats. It is no easy task to partol a coast line which stretches from the northern crescent of the Gulf of Bothnia down through the entire length of the Baltic and out into the Cattegat, nor is it always possible to ‘‘chaperone” all the mer- chant ships flying belligerent flags and submarines, and some three-mile limit. It is no strange sight along the coast to see a German waters side by side, or to see a Ger- man and an English ship pass in the night without the slightest sign of recognition. assume that somewhere along thi jagged, rocky coast there Is lurking a spider-like destroyer of the “enemy’ ready to pounce upon the steamer the moment it may stray “outside” or sometimes through over-eagerness to step inside the limit and “persuade’ the richly laden tramp to steer “a lit- tle wide” of the dangerous coast. A Prince to the Rescue. There have been numerous inei- dents of late wherein Swedish naval vessels have been stripped for ac- tion against belligerent destroyers and submarnies, and some of the naval officers here in Stockholm say they have rather regretted it has never come to “blows” for they have had all the drudgery of war with none of the glory. One of the newest torpedo boats, the Castor, is commanded by Prince William, second son of the king and a very popular young man. The | prince is a great favorite in Stock- holm but the duties of the coast pa- trol have kept him away for a long time and his slim little gray vessel has been noe of the chief defenders | of Swedish neutrality. An English steamer recently was making her way out of the Baltic | when accosted by a German de- stroyer. Knowing he was within the protection of territorial waters the | English captain at first paid no heed. Then the destroyer slipped to the in- side of the cargo vessel and in per- fectly good English the German commander directed the Englishman to steer south. The order was not answered, but soon the destroyer be- gan to crowd the merchantman so it was necessary for him to alter his course and he was gradually ap- | proaching the open and unprotected waters of the Baltic when the Cas- tor, with Prince William full six feet three, on the bridge, hove in sight. | The Castor came dashing to the scene, white spray flying from her clean cut bows. “What is the matter here?” called out the prince in even better English than the German had employed. “The English captain megaphoned the reply that he was being ordered by the German to steer to the south so that he could be legally captured | no one but “Keep to will pro- “You take orders from me,” directed the prince. yecur original course and I tect vou.” The German slunk away and the Fnglish ship, escorted by the Castor, proceeded in safety. Within the past week the greatest concern has heen caused here by the sinking of several Swedish ships by German submarin: This practice has followed the declaration of the Berlin government that foodstuffs shall be considered contraband as well as certain classes of timber, princi- pally pit props cut for use in the English ccal mines. Other Swedish ships have been captured as prizes. A somewhat amusing incident re- cently was that. of the ‘“Themis” which the Germans were trying to take to a home port in charge of a prize crew when they discovered there was not sufficient coal aboard. They put into a Swedish port on Gothland ! Island and were greatly surprised when the Swedish government polite- ly but firmly refused to recognize the “Themis” as a prize and unceremoni- cusly hustled the prize crew off. Meantime outside the harbor two grim German destroyers stood glaring at three Swedish vessels of similar type but just a little more powerful. Russians Also Violators. The more recent outbreak of trouble for Sweden in the Baltic be- gan several weeks ago when two Rus- sian submarines slipped inside the three mile limit and carried away the German steamers Lissabon and | Worms. Two Swedish pilots were captured but released after a week or so. The Russians claimed the Ger- 1ans were just outside the territo waters, but’ Sweden maintains they | were not and is demanding their re- | storation. This incident was scarce two days old tvhen a German destroyer boldly came into the southern territorial | waters and captured the English | steamer Adam. The Adam was calm- | lv lying at anchor—some say not | more than 200 yards from shore. | Several days later, in response to & | Swedish protest, the Adam was re- | leased and escorted back to the point | oz capture. She was shy some hun- dreds of gallons of oil. Two other Jinglish ships, on their way out of the Paltic in the Very teeth of the enemy, were captured, ‘‘de-oiled” and Te- leased. Next came an incident in the Both- nic gulf, near Lulea when two Rus- sian destroyers attempted to raid four German traders, the Malaga, Gretchen Muller, Friedrich Carl and Kette. It is claimed these ships were only a mile and a half from shore when the oncoming Russians signalled them to | stop. The four Germans did not obey the order. signal pennants, but the Germans | only steered a little closer inshore. The two Russians, with black smoke Pouring from their short, rakish funnels, bore down upon the vessels <with all speed, but when they reached hailing distance the Germans stopped and in thelr very midst appearcd a | Swedish destroyer, the Virgo, cleared for action. The destrover had been steaming inside the vessels all the way up the coast. A few hot words were exchanged and the Russians, mak- ing off as rapidly as they had come, were soon hull down on the horizon. Mines for Protection. As a further means of stopping the Taids in territorial waters the Swedish of the | and a Russian “lugger” churning the | Ana it is always safe to | The 15-acre Crawford Range plant at Weatertotm, Misss,— the miosi modern and complete of its kind in theworld. and taken as a prize to Swinnemunde. | Again it was flashed from | BAKE CHECK Bakes—checks—kindles, single motion. you ever saw. sponsible rate. eside it. extra steps. outsi placing many new mines and the international game of ‘“hide-and-go-seek’” or “Prisoner’s Base” which has been played so free- 1y this summer will hereafter be fraught with the gravest danger to the offending craft. The Swedish naval authorities are determined to put an end to the poaching and every available ship has been ordered to lkeep incessant watch. Some of the rro-German newspapers have warned termans against territorial infringe- raents and have reminded that gov- ernment of the recent experience of the commercial U-boat Deutschland in American waters. They say if Ger- many is to seek the constant protec- tion of American territorial waters the government should be careful to re- spect the waters of the smaller neu- irals. Some of the Swedish papers recog- nize how difficult it is for a German or a Russian destroyer to lie outside the three mile limit and watch a rich prize sail safely by with an enemy flag flauntingly flying at the masthead. They say it is but human for these craft occasionally to “break over’” and fall upon the prey. In relating some of his experiences at sea a Swedish naval officer of d tinguished rank said to the correspon- dent of The Associated Press: V. S. Has Real Easy Time. “You see we think it is quite easy for the United States to be neutral, The neutrality of the United States is theoretical. Here in Sweden we have a very practical neutrality, a very difficult and expensive neutrality. We are in the midst of the war but not of it. We are a small nation but so far 2s firm determination and steadfast principle will carry us, we intend to remain neutral even to the point of with coal on same trip. The “Dockash” Grate The “Dockash” Grate isanother feature that makes the Crawford Range better than any other. Tt is constructed 8o strongly and simply that it does ot get out of repair éasily. The gears are e—insuring_easy, conven- jent operation. No dust, ashes or danger from live coals. The Heat Indicator Here is a wonderful conven- ience that is furnished free with every Crawford. Unlike other indicators, its delicate mechan- ism is not exposed to the oven- vapors that destroy accuracy. A big help to better cooking. , fighting for our neutrality. KINDLE Single Damper One little knob (always cool) r:_%uhles fire and heat with a. . 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