New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 27, 1916, Page 10

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1916. [ STEP FORWAR By Experimenting With Unique Wire ontinued From First P: | ‘1 System Acoustic Properties Will ) 2 i Bc Bettered, Tt Is Hoped. dy, had been delivered in some of | fbelligerent capitals and that it resembled the Swiss note, which an expression of endorsement of sident Wilson’s note. fhere were no indic lat Spain intends doin In connection with repairs and renevations that are to take place at once at the Erwin Memorial chapel in Fairview cemetery will be the in- ns to show | stallation of arrangement that it is hoped will entirely do away a unique with the disagreeable echoes that now Aliies Will Not St # London, Dec. —Communic ntinue to pass between the ®apitals the Entente Allied nations regard- fig the reply to be made to the peace 5 of the Central powers and allies. The answer ha [Propesedein Parl It is unlikely Pe’Stcps will be taken by Great in and the other countries wi [Bara to Pres. Wilson [Bwiss counterpart until Allics | 1t with the Jpropos understood here that he reply does not give specifications. i Tho: partici in the discu jon speak of tie difficulty of expr ing eneral purpos in concrete florm reply may be def- initely responsive and at the me convey to neutral countries an hdequate idea of the aims and pur- poses for which the Entente Allies are o Terms. mar services in the edifice. the Memorial this trouble tions Soon after chapel was built fest and it was found that owing to the architectural lines of the buiiding it was unavoidable. It is said that the structure has a dome ahove the too high for dimensions, hence the erties are unusually bad. During any service at the chapel the voice of the speaker echoes and re-echoes throughout the building in a most sepulchral man- ner and even the ordinary nolses of moving furniture breaks in on the stillness with a . harsh echo. The echoes Increase as the speakers lift their voices above a low monotone. It has long been the aim of cemetery committee to remedy trouble. Heavy carpets were on the floors in a vain attempt to deaden the sounds, but thus far noth- ing has resulted of a beneficial na- wre. The new scheme to be tried out is simple and- not costly and is the same one that is said to work sat- isfactorily in the City hail at Glas- gow, Scotland, where the acoustic properties are very poor. The scheme consists of stretching a number of wires through the auditorium of the Luilding. explanation of this is res catch the sound and carry them away, thus preventing them from striking against the ston structure and in ality rebounding throughout the building, causing the echo. The John Boyle company has been awarded the contract for refinishing the linterior of the chapel. became mani- been hich aunditorium, i the other acoustic prop: o that the on for not stating the spe- s said here to be that the the Allies depe o cxtent of the r which they confidently ha statemen of ter he upon the ex & militar: itorial sit n which the mperial chancellor, Von Hollweg claimed was hased on an vi hat Germany er terms whe pecome definite uccesses have now would and ter- Gierman Bethmann a Ger- held ion to state tente te when mi achicved o been 00D DICTATORS OF THREE POWERS W, L. MORGAN LODGE, Officers for Coming Year Are Flected at Annual Meeting. Officers for the been elected at Washington L. gan lodge, K, of P., as follows: C. C.—B. R. Barbour. V. C.—A, H. Petts. P.—Francis Dolan. M. of W.—Thos. Dyson. K. R. 8.—G. H Mitchell.. M. . W. Bailey. M. M, . I. G.—William Steiner, O G -Douglas V. DeMers, Trustee, Three Years—TF ersweiler, Representative to Grand Lodge, Two Years—E, A, Laufersweiler, Alternate to Grand Lodge, Yea W. W. Gould, Alternate to Grand Year—C. W, Bailey. The'installation ceremonies will be held on Tuesday evening, January 2, and will be in charge of D, D. G, C. Burton J. Bixby, ¢ isted by Deputies William Cowlishaw, William H. Nor- ton, W, W, Gould, A. F, Mitchell and Roy Garland. coming year have | Mor- Lauf- Two Loadge, One [ VOTE FOR MAJOR. | First Battalion, As Yet Has No Lead- ing Officer. Two ballots already having been | taken without any result, Adjutant | General G. M. Cole has ordered ! third ballot taken for the nomination of major of the first battalion of the Connecticut Infantry to succeed Ma- jor J. J. McMahon lately resigned. The votes will be counted on January a At the first balloting Captain E. Raymond Low of Company E this city was one of the candidates. At the second balloting Captain Merrill of | Bristol, Company D and Lieutenant W. C. Hascall were tied with four- teen votes each. Top to Bottorm . THIERRY, " VON BATOCH/, . LORD DEVONPORT * To the three men shown in the pic- ure—top to bottom, Joseph Thierry, Adolf von Baticki and Lord Daven- ort—France, Germany and Great [Britain respectively, have intrusted he management of the food problem. | t is their duty as food controllers to | see that their respective countries | DR. OHMAN RECEIVES GIFT. According to the annual custom the Christmas collection at the Swedish Lutheran church will be given to the pastor, Dr. S. G. Ohman. The collec- tion amounted to $130.05. The church have enough to eat and that the food | poarq will hold a meeting this evening is equitably distributed. Batocki | 4n@ make plans for the annual meet. was recently in Vienna to make an |ing to he held early next year jagreement between Germany and { Watch night services will start at 9:30 [Austria-Hungary for the exchange of | o’clock Sunday evening and last until midnight. Refreshments will he goods and the prevention of profit taken in the chapel after the services. making on foodstuffs, ! Ask For and GET 'j __J HORLICK'S Get the Round Package THE ORIGINAL Used for ¥ Century. Avold Substitutes Made from clean, rich milk with the ex- tract of select malted grain, malted in our own Malt Houses under sanitary conditions. Infants and children thrive on it. Agrees with the weakest stomach of the invalid or the aged. Needs no cooking nor addition of milk. Nourishes and sustains more than tea, coffee, etc. Should be kept at home or when traveling. A nu- tritious food-drink may be prepared in a moment. A glassful hot before retiring induces refreshing sleep. Also in lunch tablet form for buginess men. Substitutes Cost YOU Same Price Take a Package Home h SETuRIRS SMALTED MiLK CO- INE,WIS.,U. 5. A the | this | laia ! | times | ra E;zgih 4 eering Skill Shown in Shifting Traffic on Bridce Across Missouri River’ TOP PHOTO-0LD AND NEW MISSOUR| RIVER BRIDGES -LOWER -1 NEW STRUCTURE. & OLD FOUNDATION.3Q.D)| BRIDGE. Undoubtedy one of the greatest en- ailroad | lor :i | | the change was made by slipping the immense steel structure upon the old foundation, with the old structure switched to the other side. A pe-. culiar feature of the old structure is that it is as good as when built, but with th constantly increas at OCmaha the immense ton such that a new bridge was nece: to take it safely. upon the new bridge was started on false piers, parallel with the old structure. ~ Working day and night since the inception of the work, 200 modern anging of the across the gineering feats of was the oad bridg river at Omaha. The installation of this road bric capable "of accommo- dating the immense traffic across the river at this point, was accomplished in less than one hour and the gigan- tic traffic was held up less than sixty minutes. The plers which provided | the foundation for the old bridge were used for the new one. When the last work was done on the new bridge, Missouri new rail- In May, 1916, work | men were required to complete it in: _— 4. STRUCTURE ON WHICH OLD BRIDGE HAS BEEN PLACED BEFORE BEING DISMANTLED good time for the big new bridge is double tra one across the Missouri river; is 1,7 feet long and Weighs 10,520,000 pounds, is seventy feet wide and cost ! $1,000,000. Six trunk lines of rail Toad th bridge. Three hundred and twenty trains, freight and pas- s this bridge every twenty- or one every four and a half minutes. Top picture shows old and new Bridges. No. 1, new struc- ture; 2, old foundation; 3, old bridge; 4, structure for old bridge before dis- mantling. change. The ked, the onl use 'G_en° Mang;'n, Leader of Attack Which Rewon Ft. Dounaumont of . fantry attack. Under him, besides re- Tort Douaumont, General Ser\'ien, were flhre(\, divisions, com- ; I prising men from various parts of who commanded the lnfantry attack | L‘rm\co. a colonial mvntin;:on‘r. :L:fl a in the great French offensive at Ver- | pattalion of Senegalese. The recap- dun. General Mangin played a great | ture of Fort Douaumont was the great part in the Prench success before Ver- achievement of the day. General dun. He wags instructed by General Mangin has been commander of colo- Petain with the command of the in- | nial troaps in the French army. The picture shows the victor Mangin, i | Diet JAPAN STRENGTHENED Emperor Expressed Pleasure at Bonds Existing Between His Country and Powerful Nations in Europe, 11:45 today m.—The the em- the Tokio, Dec. a., was opened by peror, who, in his address from | throne, expressed his gratification that | France | necessary the relations between the empire and the treaty powers were growing closer, He declared that the alliance with Great Britain and the convention with were becoming stronger and called attention also to the new con- vention with Russia, which he termed n matter for congratulation, The emperor explained that he ordered the ministers to draft bills for the development of the country, “keeping in mind the world situation” and asked the Diet to co- operate in passing these measures. The house was then adjourned to January 21, WEATHER OUTLOOK. Rain Tonight and Tomorrow, casters Say. Fore- Haven, Dec. 27.—For New Haven and vicinity: Rain and warm- er tonight; Thursday probably rain. For Connecticut: Rain and warmer tonight; Thursday cloudy, probably rain; southeast to south winds, in- creasing to fresh and moderately strons. Conditions: The crest of the east- ern high has now reached the New England coast and is moving out to se: The western low now lies over Manitoba and western Ontario. The pressure is high between the Rockies and the C: ie mountains, and low on the north Pacific coast. Rains has been general in the Ohio and lower Mississippi valley y rain is re- ported from several stations. In the eastern portion of the lake region the precipitation also snow turning to rain. Temperatures were low over New England this morning, high westward to lower Michigan and in the south- east of the Mississippi river. The west is covered by cold weather. ew TO BECOME JACKIES, Arthur J. Pasco of 43 Cherry street and John Pison of 108 Washington street, have enlisted in the United States navy through the local recruit- ing office. Quartermaster F. S. Wright §l FANCY HALIBUT STEAK .......,....Ib BOSTON BLUEFISH .................Ib %82 o SILVER SALMON STEAK ............b )¢ f§ FRESH BLACK BACK FLOUNDERS ..1b ) § o = FRESH OPENED CLAMS ... ..qt BUC | FRESH OPENED OYSTERS ..........at 43¢ LARGE FRESH HERRINGS ............1b @ | FRESH SHORE HAD. OCK ............Jb & GENUINE STEAK COD 8l CAPE BUTTER FISH f FRESH MACKEREL LARGE FINNAN HADDIE Good Cooking @ Compound . .lb 17C 38C § Fresh Peanut Pure Apple Butwr 11b 150 21bs 25 c Butter 11b ]0(.' 3 1bs 2 5 c MOH. BUCKWHEAT FLOUR ...5-lbsack Zsc MOH. ROLLED OATS .........6]b525c MOH. PURE JAMS b0t21c Fancy Selected Eggs SEEDLESS RAISINS Royal Blend Coftee } Van Camp’s | Evap. Milk can Mohican y Cocoa . ...can Medtord Prepared | Mustard - -3 jars Kellogg’s Krupmbles RAISINS MUSCATEL RAISINS . NEW DRIED EVAPORATED PEACHES .~ NEW PRUNES .okg 8¢, 10¢, 15¢, 20c Scientists Use Rabbits to Tes; Purity of City’s Meat Suppiy G\O PREPRRING RABBIT FOR TEST Q- the serum from the rabbit's blood is brought into close contact with a so- lution of the meat that is tested. If it is the meat of an animal of the same kind as the one from which tha original serum was made there will be a precipitate in the solution. If the meat is different there will be na The photograph illustrates one of the methods used in municipal chem- ical laboratories to protect the in- habitants of cities from the substitu- tion of one kind of meat for another —for example, the substitution of horseflesh for beef. This is the pre- cipitin test, which is made as follow in charge of the office, reparts that several other young men are consider- ing entering the service. L precipitate. The substance in the serum that causes precipitation is called precipitin. When a serum made from the blood of a certain kind of animal is inject- ed into a rabbit, after a few weeks |