New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 26, 1917, Page 13

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1917. FINAL CLEARANCE BEFORE INVENTORY TRIMMED HATS of style and quality for Exactly what you would find in the Made of Straw combined with ma- terials of the latest fabrics, Khaki-Kool, Ribbon and southern wear. smartest shops. Figured Silks. ' $3.98 * $7.50 Worth Double. SKINNER'S SATIN HATS $1.69 These Hats are made of Skinner’s Satin and are very much in vogue for present wear. We havea splendid assortment to select from. In the new. est shapes, black and all wanted colors, values up to $2.98. Look for Skinner’s Label SPECIAL $1.69 FURS AT REDUCED PRICES BARGAINS IN HIGH GRADE MILLINERY READY-TO-WEAR TRIMMED HATS Made of a good quality Satin and trimmed with the new Chinese orna- ments. Aigrettes and ribbon. SPECIAL For the Clearance $1.98 EASTERN MILLINERY CO. 223 MAIN ST. NEW BRITAIN LOOKING FOR A BEATING. Moore, Morningstar and Yamada Say They Will Play Him. New York, Jan. 26.—The chal- Tenges issued by Willie Hoppe through the National Billiard Weekly last week that he would play any man in the world three cushion caroms rlngslax‘ and both Ora Morningstar and Koji Yamada at 18.2 for a like amount have been accepted. George Moore, the three cushion champion, said he would meet Hoppe for the title and bet any amount up to $5,000 that he would win. Morn- and Yamada said they be- lieve Willle was bluffing when he>said he would mect hoth of them to- gether, but added that if his chal- lenge was sincere he could consider it accepted. Moore, Morningstar and Yamada last night wired Hoppe, who is touring the West, that they are ready to play him, The goal of all cidarette smoRers — Mecca cigarettes were made to order for real men. Smokers wanted a ciga- rette combining the flavor of Turkish tobacco with the character of American. Mecca was the answer. man’s cigarette. popular. Try a Mecca—~—see tor yourself why Mw"l eccai In the handy slide box oval foil package 10¢ for 20. \ A [ L Meccaisareal That’s why it is so s the goal of all cigarette smokers. c for 10, in the THE SKYLINE OF . THE ANCIENT CITY OF MECCA Every Working Hour—" enough ‘Mecca cigarettes are made to supply every in- habitant of Boston, Cincinnati and Washington. T, ATKINS IGNORES ¢ PEACE DISCUSSION | | | | | i + Jan. | peace notes, Too Busy Waging War to Attend to Diplomats’ Notes ‘With the British Armies in France, | and a 26.—Peace conversations however, of flurry they may cause in the capitals of the world, have no effect upon the British armies. The work of progresses, and one of the first im- pressions the visitor gets on a tour behind the British lines in France is the absolute permanence and oughness of the British war machine. much There is no flimsy construction any- | | where. Is is as if the English were | preparing to fight through countless e if necessary. primarily for war effi- ciency, the telephone and telegraph lines, the railways and the motor highways the English have put into France will be left here when the war is over as a permanent legacy. years to co While bui | The war railroads will in effect be an to the so-called strategic rail- s of the Germans, and will enable nce to develop her northern coun- try far more rapidly than otherwise would have been possible. Already the telephone and telegraph lines are linked up with the French official sys- tems and represent a permanent ex- tension of those facilities. The telephone has played a won- derful part in the war. When a Canadian battalion made a daylight raid on 400 yards of German trench- es a few days ago, each company commander in the raid had a tele- phone with him as he went into ac- tion, the signal men in charge unreel- ing the wires as they pressed forward. The instruments were connected with battalion headquarters back in a first line English dugout and there was not a moment during the offensive that the contact was not complete. Through the varlous telephonic links off | leading from battalion headquarters to brigade headquarters, to division headquarters, corps headquarters, general headquarters and thence across the English Channel, it would have been possible, if so desired, for the company commanders in the thick of actual hand to hand fight- ing to talk direct from a German trench to the War Office in London. The trunk telephone lines erected by the British along the main high- ways to the war, represent the latest improvement of equipment. At some points there are as many as thirty wires on a single line of poles, with a second line of sixteen wires being strung. From the peaceful, pastoral scenes of non-invaded France out toward the battle lines the wires reach in ever diminishing numbers until at last only a few wtrands may be lald along the ground—across that stretch of mud and shell-shat- tered =~ desolution representing the gains of some recent “push.” LIVING IN FRANGE [5 ALMOST DOUBLED Failure to Build Inland Canal System Partly to Blame Paris, Jan. 26—Nothing has availed to check the increase of the cost of Wving in France, an Associated Press man has found. Bread only has es- caped the tendency. Everything else considered, it costs: at least 75 ‘per cent. more to llve in France today than it did three years ago. War, of course, 18 the first explanation, but economic experts declare that diffi- culties of transportation and high freights form the chief factors and that these difficulties are due largely to the fallure of the government to have ever carried out the projects for interior navigation which were urged by de Freycinet, Baudin and Audif- fred, vears ago. In the opinion of these same economic authorities the failure of France to realize these canal projects has been responsible for her anomalous position in the world-carrying trade. Although some 200 to 500 miles nearer America and from 200 to 2,000 miles nearer the extreme Ori- ental markets than Antwerp or Ham- burg, the French port of Marsellles before the war was surpassed by those Belgian and German ports in Cen- tral European trade to the Orient, while Bordeaux, Havre and other French Atlantic ports were far hehind them in trade with the two Amer- icas. The marvellous internal organi- zation (g navigation and transporta- tion in Belgium and Germany enabled them to drain toward their ports nearly all the foreign bound traffic of Central Burope though lengthening the route and increasing the time of delivery. Geneva, for instance, ig further from Antwerp than it is from Bordeaux, vet in 1912 Bordeaux received almost nothing from Switzerland while Ant- werp reecived 31,000 tons to be shipped by its longer route to Euro- pean ports. In the same year Bor- deaux received and forwarded to Geneva only 4,500 tons while Ant- werp was E station for 44,000 tons going into Switzerland. The new necessities created by the war, however, made Bordeaux the port for 35.000 tons of cotton and grain and other commodities en route for Switzerland in. 1915, Economic horities argue that with proper facilities four years ago Bordeaux would have received a lion's share of the 75.000 tons of ingoing and out- 20ing Swiss traffic in 1912, The question is one of the Rhine au war | thor- | This is our final clearance just before inventor VERY SPECIAL REDUCTION DAY FOR CASH AT . The prices are particularly low. ULSTERS Blues and Grays—full length, belted back, high convertible collar, fine warm coats. $25.00, $26.50 and $28.00 Ulsters. Saturday ............ $16.50 cash Derbys and Soft Hats. HATS $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $4.00 Hats Saturday ..... $1.00 cash SHIRTS Fast Color soft or stiff cuff. Regular $1.50 Shirts. Saturday. Two (2) for . . $1.50 cash NECKWE Any Four (4) 50c Ties Saturday ...................coeevinninn.. Anyitwol(2)F$1 T es! Satuird sy i s g oy e .. $1.00 cash .. $1.00 cash NDERWEA Bristol Mills 50c Underwear, Four garments—value $2. Saturday . ... .. $1.00 cash MUFFLERS Silk or Wool—all Eolors. $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50 Mufflers. Saturday .. $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 Mufflers. Saturday ........................ CAPS $1.00 and $1.50 Caps. Saturday ........... 35c cash SUITS Youths’ and Young Men’s $20 Suits. Saturday .................... $13.50 cash SWEATERS All Wool Heavy Sweaters, Blue, Red and Gray. $5.00 and $6.50 Sweaters Satmrdayeyl 0 e S e e R A hv Wils ... 50c cash ... $1.00 cash $2.00 cash on (’In. against the Rhone so far as concerns Central European traffic for which Switzerland acts as a sort of “turn- table” and with it are connected in- timately the long discussed projects of the Rhone canal, the canal from Marseilles to the Rhone, and canal from the Rhone to the Gironde with Marseilles and Bordeaux as the termini. De Freycinet and other far-seeing statesmen who elaborated these canal projects fell from power before they were realized, but economic authori- ties believe that the erg of recon- struction after the war will see Jrance turning first of all, in the mat- ter of public improvement, to the question of transportation, Two of the most important pro- jected waterways remain to be built; one of them lateral to the Rhone will continue the system from Havre and Paris to Marseilles hy way of T.yons and will enable the Rhode to compete with the Rhine for Swiss trade to the Mediterrancan; another connecting the Rhone with the Dor- dogne—that is to say connecting Lyons and Marscilles with Bordeaux —will give Switzerland a shorter route to American ports than that by the Rhine. Tll-conceived rivalry of the stronger railroad interests is accused of retard- ing these projects as well as"a shorter line, but of comparatively greater im- portance, in the North and st con necting the canals of the Escaut, the Meuse, and the Chiers, and serving as connecting link between the iron and coal districts. Had the canals built and projected been in efficient operation at the be- ginning of the war, it Is probable that they would have eased transportation difficulties so as to have kept the cost of living much nearer normal; they would at least have kept coal from going from 40 francs to 180 francs a ton. TS HURDI an —A RECORD. record GIRL ¢ Chicago, ard low hurdles the University v women in the 5 was ostablished at co-ed track of Northwestern Miss Mabel McConnell mark of 81-5 scconds. The record was held by Miss I Randolph-Macon College meet terday when made a, former Bryan, Lynchburs, her time. Va., with 8 seconds as the | _ | duction NTENTE EXPECTS VICTORY IN WEST tives of Jerusalem of Cold Winter Months. London, Jan. 26.—Advices received here indicate that this winter is looked forward to with the greatest dread by relief workers in the Holy land. The food situation is no better than it was a year ago, and the greatest suffering is caused by the want of fuel and light, The cold in Jerusalem during Janu- ary and February is intense, and the racity of fuel is so severe that it s difficult to have a fire even to_cook with. Petroleun, formerly brought in abundance from the Russian oil- fields as well as from American sources, not to be purchased at any price, Coal, formerly obtained from France and Wales, is nowhere obtainable ecven in the smallest| quantities . The only fuel remaining is wood, and very little of this is to be had, and that at a very high price. FEven before the war the wood supply had become very scanty, owing to neglect of proper forestry work and the lack of forest laws. In many dis- tricts even the fruit trees are heing cut down to provide wood requisi- tioned by the government for the operation of trains, | Although the hary Palestine has been fairly good the people have derived little benefit, owing to the requisitioning of all the crops by the military authoritie Sugar has long been practically un- obtainable. There are no stores of | food available for the peoples of the i towns this winter, but the peasants in the country districts have in many ! cases been ahle to hide a part of their crops from the military. In the town the destitution and exhaustion is severe that actual starvation seems the inevitable lot of a considerable | part of the inhabitants. The Turkish government's of paper has caused | hardship. The inhabitants of | ! Palost are unused to such money. and have no desire to become ' customed to it, Tn spite of the most is thoroughout | s0 intro- money | great Lack of Fuel Increases Hears of Na- | | toxicants and | ever, give change for paper money, A change is only to be obtained secret! at a heavy loss to the owner of ftl notes. “WETS” WIN IN MEXICO Little Probubility of Prohibition o Ban on Gambling in Constitutio: Now Under Discussion. Querctaro, Mexico, Jan. 26.—Ther seems little possibility that a clausd providing for prohibition in Mexict will be included in the new constitu: tion, according to delegates to thd constitutional congress. The advi abllity of prohibiting the sale of in prohlbiting gambling in connection wit Article 4 which declares that ne per son shall be hindered in followind any profession, indusiry or laho: which does not offend against thd laws or society. The article, how was reported from committeel without specific mention of prohibt tion and passed reported by thej congress, The delegates to the congress are| confident for the most part that the| body will complete its labors well within the time specified in the de-| cree of General Carranza which pro= vides that the new constitution must! be completed by February 1. The delegates declare that although there are over one hundred and thirty arti- cles in the draft of the new constitu- tion, there are many to which there is mo opposition and that action on these will be speedy. 1 Although the call has not formally been issued it is known that the election for president probably will be called for the first Sunday In March and that the succesftul candi- didate will assume office April 1. was considered as DISGUISED AS BOY SCOU! A telephane message to Sergeant T. M. Herting at police headquarters last night from the Cheshire reforma- tory requested the local authorities to be on the lookout for an escaped prisoner by the name of Tillford, who is supposed ta have come in this di stringent government regulations against any preference heing shown J for coined money, no shopkeeper will 18 years wore & rection. He’is deseribed as old, weighs 135 pounds and Boy Scout's uniform.