New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 26, 1917, Page 10

NEWV BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1017, ISIT T0 INDIA | WITH DR. CROSS aptist Pastor Lectures on uSomewhere East of Suer” Attired in the peculiar Oriental arb of the Burmese, Rev. Dr.’ Earl | . Cross, at the evening service of the irst Baptist church last evening, ave a talk, the title of which might tell be termed ‘‘Somewhere East of Le:." Dr. Cross, himself the son of B American missionary and born in Adia, threw aside the cloak of for- lity at the service last evening and ddressed his congregation in a de- ghtfully informal manner, interject- jg a personal element into his tallk hat made it the more interesting. r. Cross spoke in part as follows: “The visitor tq Burma finds con- fitions of life different in details from se found in the homeland and yet + hgeneral life is similar wherever men lre found. ' The weather conditions om up at once in talking of a new d. The traveller who visits the tjtrand hotel in Rangoon for the first e during the hot season would find his bed simply a mattrass, with fheets, a pillow and a mosquito net, -Jut the thermometer will probably egister above 98 degrees all night. A reat fan hung from the ceiling aids h making sleep possible, The Native .Houses. Outside of the city's heart the quses in Burma are found to be ex- lted upon posts so that the first floor { from six to ten feet above the ound, This removes the household lrom dampness in the wet season and Iso vrevents the intrustion af insect ests, snakes and rats. During the ny season no one would think of oing to bed without first'drying the ed\clothes over a charcoal fire. A juge wicker frame much like an in- rted bowl in shape is used as a neans of support and a brazier aof Is smoulders beneath. It is not out order to leave one’s clothes on the ame after retiring. Shoes left on the gor will praduce by morning an ex- ent crop of mildew, but that hap- at the shore in this country also. Something About Elephants. elephant is the only original sub: marine, for when submerged his trunk serves as an admirable periseope,—to breathe with, of course., A Visit to Rangoon. “Rangood is one of the most cos- mopolitan cities of the world, The shortest stroll down one of the streets in the center of the city would bring you face to face with a loin cloth. Chinese merchants sleek and well- favored. Sikh soldiers of the emperor, six feet in their own height and one I more of gleaming white turban. And now and then a Gurkha, also in the emperor’s service, with face scarred from his single combat with the leopard by which his tribe prove their manhood, Parsees in brocaded caps from Persia. Wild looking mountain- cers, Shans or Chins from the regions on the border of China, wearing enormously broad-brimmed hats tied under their chins like sun-bonnets, and with long black mustachios. Be- sides we meet all the European races among the merchants and soldiers. “The Burmese present the most attractive spectacle in their gaily col- ored costumes of silk and cotton, while the attraction of costume I8 helghtened in the case of the Burmese ladies by a most dignified and grace- ful carriage. There is one thing, vea, two on the face of the earth, that are graceful, the movement of the doe, the mate of the deer, and the walk of a Burmese lady. The Burman is a glorious sight ,when he is dressed up on a feast day. He loves color and vies with his better half in the gor4 geousness of his raiment. Rarely does his sense of color harmonies lead him astray; he chooses the various articles of his costume with splendid taste. he Burmans have been described as ‘a people who love beauty and are content to be happy. The hustle of the West and the sombre garb of western men are equally disgusting to him. He is fast being crowded out of the marts of the land, and has been called lazy. Climate, religion and his wife conspire to make him so. The climate is decidedly enervating. His religion sets forth as the ildeal a life of contemplation. His wife is de- lighted to support the family by a little portable stock of wares, just because it gives her an opportunity to get the latest news at the bazaar. Results of Missions. “Religion has a superficial hold on the people of Burma; but the frip- pery and glitter of pageantry is the largest element of appeal to the ma- jority. Superstitions are rife. = The fear of the dark and of spirits is a potent source of discomfort. ‘A moth- er anxious for the life of her fever stricken child pays a few coppers to the attendant who dashes some buck- ets of cold water over a certain idol. “Bvery traveller from the East, or Prom anywhere else for that matter, weird stories to marrate of his ifexperiences. We must discount these dfor we know too well our own fond- us for describing the exceptional nd the unusual happenings in our Wives rather than the commonplace. fPherefore we will omit many stories animals, descriptions of mighty akes, and other unusual experiences fonight, although we have many such Svhich we might narrate. Our purpose to present Bumese life as far as we Intay under its normal aspect. No aoc- ount of Burma of twenty years ago ould be complete without some natice of the ‘hathispilin’ teak in the sludgy, squdgy creek.’ Today the raveller to Rangoon sees only one or jfitwo elephants in the old Kemmendine lumber yards. These are the relics of g larger crew which used to toil therc in earnest; the relics toil merely for the delectation of visitors. Tt was a lsight long to be remembered to see the elephants in former days hauling the logs from out the deep mud of the river short, or piling beams and planks bwhile their keepers snored in the Wde. At the first sound of the even- whistle which marked the end of their day's work, however, these mon- ug workers would drop their bur- dens like the cight-hour-a-day man in g this fair land and with tails at the bhorizontal and trunks at the vertical, sounding 16ud trumpetings of glee, away they would rush to their stables and fodder. After their feeding they would move sedately in line down to the great tanks, where, like boys at the old swimming hole they would { frolic in the water. When they tired: of having their keepers scrubbing their backs, they would simply sub- merge themselves and leave the man to swim ashore in the wet. The OVER-WORKED MAN -1 Bank Cashier Almost a Wreck— How He Regained Strength. New Britain people will realize that this iIs one more link in the wonder- ful chain of evidence proving that Vinol, which contains beef and cod | lver peptones, iron and manganese | peptonates and glycerophosphates, has no equal to create strength. j-i “Mr, Chas. A. Ogle, Monrovia, Md., 8: ‘%!qx many vears T was a school temeher, then for three vears wa 4 Deputys Clerk in Frederick Count Md., and for the last three years I have deen Cashier of the First Na- /. tional Bank. My nerves got in such a bad condition, and with poor as- similation of food, I was fast becom- ing a physical and mental wreck. Seeing an advertisement for Vinol I purchased a bottle, and found it to be exactly what I needed. It has not only benefited my nerves, but built Jne up both mentally and physically, and I want to recommend it to any- one suffering as I did.” Try a bottle of Vinol with the un- derstanding that your money will be returned if it does not help you. “The Clark & Brainerd Co., drug- gists; Liggett's Riker-Hegeman store; John J. McBriarty; George M. Ladd; W. H. Russell, New Britain. Also at the leading drug store in all Connec- ticut towns."” A SKIN AFFECTIONS proves it. Bold end .above Vinel drutginte B i Thus they hope to cool off the fevered form of the little child at home. An- other mother rubs the form of an idol to relieve the ache of her child. The superstitions of America are many; but the superstitions of the East are often fatal. If mission work had done no more than to. teach hy- giene and introduce medical science into lands like Burma, it would have been worth far more -than the in- vestment has cost America. Mother and father hearts love children there as they do here. The Beautiful Pagodas. “We will turn from the crudity and superstition to look at the shrine of Shwe Dagon itself. The superficial beauty of the religion would, how: ever, be falsely depicted had we not prefaced it with a note of the dark- ness in'the mind of the devotees. The peculiar object of Burman Buddhism is the pagoda. These bell-shaped pryamids crown the hill-tops and adorn the plains of Burma from one end to the other. They are often built by men of wealth as acts of merit, and frequently mark some sa- cred site or cover some relic of a saint. The great Shwe Dagon pagoda is said to have built over a casket containing two hairs from the head of Buddha himself. It crowns the summit of a slight eminence and well deserves to be called “A pyramid of re’” to use the words of Sir Edwin Arnold. One climbs the ascent to the pagoda by a covered stairway. Exquisite carv- ings in brittle teak-wood adorn the roof, while the whole structure of the ascent is beautifully covered with vermillion and gold. On either side of the stone steps sit rows of beg- gars, many of whom are hideous with running sores and leprous afflictions. At the several terraces tiny shops ex- pose paper flags, tapers, incense- sticks and other articles to be used in worship at the shrines on the sum- mit. There are also sweetmeats and toys to attract the youthful worship- pers. Amid such scenes the visitor climbs the ascent to this greatest shrine of Buddhism in Burma. “At the summit of the hill the vis- itor comes upon a broad open space of several acres in the center of which towers the pagoda itself. Above and the ear lobes must touch shoulders. “Each idol has its little chapel with- in which it sits or reclines. The roofs of {hese shrines are in most cases elaborate with carvings in gold and vermillion. Tall poles with fanciful- ly carved bases display sacred flags at intervals along the pagoda plat- form. On a feast day the colors and glory of the shrines and flags is fur- ther enhanced by the splendor of the throngs which frequent the pagoda. Silks and splendid colors are offset by the brilliant whiteness of spotless robes and coats. Bands of musiclans are seated here and there, while port- able Testaurants and displays of sweetmeats give a touch of gaiety to the scene. Above the pinnacled roofs of the shrines and the small white pagodas of the temple area, and the flag-bedecked poles grows the ‘‘pyra- mid of fire” toward the sky. An ir- regular cone, shaped in linés of beauty, the pagoda is an object to compel admiration. Gold covers its surface from base to tip. (The pin- nacle of the pagoda is crowned by an artistic and intricate framework of gold studded with a king’s ransom in rubies. Tiny bells are hung here at intervals which tinkle out a remind- er to the worshippers below the priceless gems which crown the ob- ject of their adoration. It is charaec- teristic of the east to be thus lavish in' their, creations of beauty even though the display is hidden from the sight of the eyes. Three hundred feet and more above the heads of the pople hands the most beautiful and artistic detall of the pagoda. Advertised Letters. The following is a list of letters un- claimed at the New Britain. Conn, post offite, February 26, 191 George Anderson. Mrs. K. Bagson. Miss Margaret Blumm. Nory Borowak. W. J. Blanchard. Miss Avis Coburn. D. L. Conder. John Coffey. Richard H. M. Deger. Mr. Delaney. Edmund Digsgs. Frank Eagan. Mrs. Lilllan H. Freeman. Miss Gladys Grey. Mrs. L. W. Harris. B. H. Hurwitz. Mrs. Harivel. G. F. Huft. Jahn Karlsson. Mollie Kimball. Mrs. R. Lavoriz. John LeVasseur. Susan Liabacenice. Mrs. Chas., E. Lyons. Albert Tenevowicz. Mr. Ford. Jas, Mallon. Arthur Mills. Thomas Malone. M. C. Moran (2). W. J. McCrum. Miss Adelaide I.. Moflitt. Miss May Malone. Wesley J. Officer. Thomas O'Brien. Angellina Pottoi. C. R. Parker. Frank Malgesini. Rev. F. W. Raymond. Mrs. Mary Reck. Mr. Richardson. C. Setavice. Reginald Whamond. Miss Minnie Weber. Ask for advertised letters and men- tion date of list. W. F. DELANEY, Postmaster. the Dana, Jr. MISS MINER PRAISED. With Few Hours in Which .to Pre- pare, She Takes Leading Role. With only a few hours time ir which to learn the part, Miss Ruth Miner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Miner of Park Place, was sud- denly called upon to take the part of “Dora” in last week’s production of “Diplomacy’ at the Lyceum and at the afternoon and evening per- formance she carried this leading role in a most acceptable manner. . At 10 oclock Friday night Miss Dorothea Antel and her sister, Miss Irene, both members of the Naylor Players, received a . message from their home in Cleveland advising them that their mother was critically ill. They immediately left for their home ahd Miss Miner was given the principal character to portray. At both performances she was given a generous ovation by the audience which understood the conditions under which she had been compelled to leap into the breach. Because of her excellent work, Miss { Miner has been retained to take Miss Antel's part this week. the murmur of the crowd of worship- pers and the sounds of the traffick- ers in the booths comes to our ears the soft tinkling of the bells which hang responsive to the breezes on the tip of the spire three hundred -and sventy feet in the air. Once and again a deep sweet boom swells the sound of worship as a devout Budd- hist picking up the deer antlers which lie at hand strikes one of the huge bells, which are rung in order to call the attention of the spirits to the fact that prayer is about to be offered to them. Shrines, large and small everywhere claim ‘their devo- tees of one race or another, who bow before the images of Buddha. All these figures are of a conventional design. . There is the immobile face with features which speak of calm- ness in the soul. The legs are crossed in the case of the seated figures, and the divinity is revealed in the fact that the soles of the feet are uppermost. If you do not believe that this is a proof of divinity, try to squat down on the floor tonight with your legs crossed in such fashlon that the soles shall be uppermost: " Your at- tempt to accomplish this feat wilt probably rvesult in language, which will before ever you get one foot into position disqualify you from holy company. The fingers and toes of a divinity must also be of equal length ; to Heal Skin-Diseases A Baltimore doctor suggests this simple, but reliable and inexpensive, home treatment for people suffering with eczema, ring- worm, rashes and similar itching, burn- ing ekin troubles. At any reliable druggist’s get a jar of resinol ointment and & cake of resinol soap. ‘These are not at all expensive. With the resinol soap and warm water bathe the affected parts thoroughly, until they are free from crusts and the skin is softened. Dry very gently, spread on a thin layer of the resinol ointment, and cover with a light bnndlge—if nec- essary to protect the clothing. This should be Sone twice a day. Usually the itching and burning stop with the first treatment, and the skin soon be- comes clear and healthy agnin. Almost any soap will clean the skin and hair. But those who want a soap which not only cleanses but actually helps the complexion and heir are wise to choose reeinol soap. All Advertisements for the classified column must be in the Herald office by 1:30 p. m. on the day of issue. e ————————— CASH IN ADVANCE. MINIMUM CHARGE 10c ONE CENT A WORD EACH INSERTION. FOR saLn. FOR SALE—Full blooded Collie pups 451 West Main street, rear. Call afternoons and evenings. 2-26-3dx FOR SALE—1 horse, black mare, good for any purpose. No reason- able offer refused. Apply 208 North st., city. 2-26-12dx of the in the LOST—Pass book, No. 4808 Commercial Trust company name of Mrs. Ida Harrison. Re- turn to bank or addr Box 47, Plantsville, Conn. 2-26-3-6 HELP WANTID—MALE, WANTED 3 men to fill vacancy in our Auto- mobile repairing and driving Course. No more will be taken than we can accommodate properly. CENTRAL AUTC DRIVING SCHOOL 8 Chestnut St. WANTED—SIx good carpenters. Ap- ply gt once, best of wages, good work. The John W. Allen Co. | 2-26-4d BIG OPPORTUNITIES IN LATIN AMERICA for salesmen, office men, mining men, mechanical, electrical engineers. Good pay. Learn to speak Spanish. SURE, EASY home._ study method. International Corre- spondence Schools, 252 Main street. TO RENY. FOR SALE—Some of those good Columbian Wyndots and R. 1. R. hatching eggs, better bred than ever. John W. Allen. 2-26-44 FOR SALE—Property, 100 feet front- age and 150 feet depth ,with house of 10 rooms. All modern improve- ments, on First street, Seymour Park. Price $4,000. Address Boy 1 L, Herald. 2-26-6dx FOR SALE—S3 ton hay. Mrs. Kotrady, 178 Allen street. Anna 2-23-3dx FOR SALE—Used cars, roadsters and touring cars. All in good running order. Prices from $150 to $750. Balch's garage, 203 Elm street, cor- ner Seymour. Cash or terms. 2-24-42 FOR SALE—Used cars Super-Six, touring $1,200 Stude- baker, 1916, 6 cyl, $800; Franklin, 1915, 6 cyl., $975; Oakland 1916, 4 $650; Chevrolet, 4-90 touring, Hudson 6-54, 1913, $426 Chevrolet 4-90 roadster, $425; Oak- land, 6 cyl., 1916, $650; Chevrolet 4-90, touring, $350. Willlams Auto Co., 287 Elm street. 2-22-6d Hudson FOR RENT—Large front room, suit- able for one or two gentlemen, 93 Arch street. 2-26-2dx FOR RENT—With light, heat and power in modern mill in Norwalk. Conn., up to 30 thousand square feet. Lowest insurance. Joseph Loth & Co., Nofwalk, Conn, 2-26-8dx TO RENT—Garage inquire 325 Chest- nut street. 2-24-26-28x TO RENT—Six room tenement sec- ond floor, 320 South Main street, Quigley, 277 Main. 2-12-t¢ TO RENT—Five room tenement. En- quire 161 South Main, or Long's sboe store. - 2-2-tt —————————————————— BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Will build for rent to responsible party modern public garage of about 11,000 square feet with large show room fronting on centrally located busi- ness thoroughfare. Address Garage, Box X24X, Herald Office. 2-23-3dx e e— | BALLIN PLEASED BY SUCCESS OF U-BOATS - Director-General of Hamburg-Amert- 'cnn Linc Says Commerce Has Been Scared Off Scas, Amsterdam, Via London, Feb. 26.— In an interview in the Taegliche Rund- schau Albert Ballin, director general of the Hamburg-American line, says that Germany may well be satisfied With the syccesses so far of unre- stricted submarine warfare. Herr Bu.llln says that the object of the cam- baign was not to sink ships but to stop commerce with England and that this had been fully attained, as neutral traffic was stagnating, Referring to the German ships lying in American harbors, Herr Ballin sald that a treaty existed be- tween Germany and America which did not allow confiscation and that he had no ground to assume that the United States would not observe this treaty. President Wilson, he added, has based the rupture of diplomatic relations on international law, and therefore he considered it quite im- possible that the president would himself disregard an international agreement. “‘Germany’s aim,” he concluded,” is to issue from the war victarious. With victory she will have won all; without it she will have lost all.” POTATOES AT 1 1-5¢ LB. FOR GERMANS Food Board Establishes Price Far Below That Demanded in Local Maorkets. London, Feb. 26, 5:55 a. von Batocki, president of the food regulation board, discussed food problems with the Reichstag advisory committee on Saturday, according to an Amsterdam despatch to Reuter’s Explaining the plans for the coming vear, Herr Batcocki said that avail- able stocks were scanty and must be carefully managed. He added that the use of bread grains for fodder must be prevented, Herr Batocki announced the inten- tion of the food board to fix the price of potatoes for the entire year at five marks a hundredweight, except in the west and south of Germany, where it would be six marks. He emphasized the importance of a supply of bread grains and potatoes for everybody and milk for children at least. ‘The food dictator said that it was impossible to m.—Adolf increase the meat rations owing to the urgent necessity of maintaining the stock of milch cows for butter and milk. FOR SALE--High Cost of Living Re- duced—Plant our peach, apple, pear ,asparagus. and berry plants. Hedgings, roses, shade trees, ever- greens. .Highest quality. Send for catalog No. 5. Barnes Bros. Nurs- ery Company, Yalesville, Conn. 2-24-6dx FOR SALE—Farm of 25 acres, plenty of truit, large buildings in good re- pair, D. A. Clark, West Rocky Hill, Conn. 2-24-4d FOR SALE—200 cords of -standing wood at Barnesdale. C. L. Barnes, 192 Chestnut St. 2-22-d4x FOR SALE—Lunch room and restau- rant in factory district; doing good business; also selling confectionery, soda and cigars, etc.; reason for selling, owner has other business. Address Box XL 14, Herald. 2-24-26-28x FOR SALE—Upright piano, good con- dition, also parlor set, brussels car- pet and rug. 93 Tremont street. 2-21-6dx FOR SALE—Several two family houses of nine or ten rooms, mod- ern improvements, also building lots on or near trolley lines. At reduced prices. Easy terms, W. P. Steele, 260 Chestnut St. 2-23-6dx FOR SALE—Exceptional bargain, 8 room house, Maple Hill, with fire- place. Lot, 150x150, garage two cars. Fruit. Four sleeping rooms and bath, second floor; 3 rooms, large hall and toilet, first floor. Price $5,000. C. C. Prentice, phone 1335-5 evenings. 2-21-6d4 ORIENTAL RUGS. We sell, we buy, we exchange—also we do first class repairing. Barbour Rug Co., 48 Lewis street, Hartford, Conn. Tel. Charter 3397 or 870. _— FOR SALK—Second hand pool table. Addross Table, Box 12, Herald. 10-14-t1 —eeee FOR SALE North Valuable Property on / Lot. Street, 2-Family and Large Inquire of H. D. HUMPHREY, 272 Main Street. FIRE INSURANCE. MONEY TO LOAN. MR. MERCHANT Is your building and to 80% of value at telephone contents INSURED up present prices? If not, SCHULTZ & COSTELLO, Inc. 242 MAIN STREET. Somebody Will Snap-up Thes: sive rent for small family CAMP REAL 272 Main Street e Two Rents Quick—Exclu- $40. Fine rent $35. ESTATE CO. 308 Bank Building. FOR HOUSES and LOTS | MAPLE HILL ‘Phone 2020.. We help you to build. THE RIDGEWOOD REALTY CO., 276 Main Street, HORACE I. HART, AUTO LIVERY TEL. 1930. 7 passenger Chalmers Limousine. Lowest Rates. 596 ARCH STREET CAKS 1V RENY CLOSED AND OPEN CAR4 FOR ‘WEDDINGS, RECEPTIONS, ETO. TEL. 943-2 MORRIN’S GARAGE 200 - WAIN STREFT. e ————— Hudson, Oakland, Maxwell Motor Cars Williams Auto Co. "Phone 236. 287 Elm St. | MOTOR TRUCKS For hire for long hauls and excava. tion work, .Capacity 515 tons. All grades of Sand, Orushed Stone and Cinders for sale and delivered. Ashes handled. 168 Arch St, © R.M. HEALEY, 'ra. 120 HONEYMAN'S AUTO GO, 189 MAIN STRE®T. Dealer for MITCHEDL MOTOR CARS, Vim and Seldon Trucks. Tdvery Cars for Hire, Storage, Repairi and Supplies. Telephone, 221-4. i Denison Garage 430 MAIN STRERP Livery Cars for hire, day and uighs Storage, Supplies and Repairing, 'Phone 234, Keeley’s Garage Elm and Franklin Streets, Dealer for Overland and Cole Cars. Livery Cars for Hire. Storage and Supplies, ~ Repairing a Specialty., Tel. 1228 WANTED. WANTED—By young couple, two furnished rooms tor light house- keeping, near center. Address Fur- nished Rooms, Herald office. 2.26-2dx | WANTED—Man to sell teas, coffees ete., in New Britain and vicinity, on a liberal percentage basis. Apply at once to Grand Union Tea Co., Middletown, Conn. 2-24-2dx WANTED—Office boy wanted. ply Herald Office. FURNISHED ROOMS. Ap- 2-8-tf HELP WANTED—FEMALE, WANTED—Young girl to assist with housework.. One that can go homs, nights. Apgly 137 Maple St. 2-26-tt | WANTED—Competent maid for gen- eral housework. Mrs. H. W. Booth, 30 High street. 2-28-tf | WANTED—G@irls on shirt work, paid while learning. Commercial Shirt Co., 266 Arch street. 2-24-3dx WANTED—Girl to wash dishes and help with housework. Mrs. W, C, Brown, 626 Arch street. 2-24-t1, FURNISHED ROOMS, well heated, private family Central, 280 Arch street. 2-23-6dx | , WANTED—Compgtent woman or gir for general housework. Dr. R. MY Griswold, Kensington. 2-24-11 TO RENT—Furnished room, private family, steam heat, hot and cold water, electric light, for one or two gentlemen. 305 Arch street. 2-19-tt ————————————————— NOTICE PRIVATE DETECTIVE AGENCY— C. M. Shine, Sleuth work of all kinds, everything confidential. Now open for business. 17 Lasalle St., New Britain, Conn, NOTICE—M. Irving Jester has opened up his Main Coal office and tato- mobile Sales Room, corner Park and Elm streets. Open from 6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m., Monday and Saturday to 9 .p. m. 1-2-t¢ 2-26-d2x | | ‘WANTED—Nurse girl. One to stay nights. Mrs. Stanley Shel Emmong Place. Ho- 2-19-t¢ WANTED—Woman dishwasher. tel Beloin. WANTED—Girls to run power sews ing machines. National Spring Bed Co. 2-24-3a WANTED—Young lady bookkeepef, Address Bookkeeper, Herald office, 2-10-t4° WANTED—Girls for work on, looping and finishing machines. Clean, light work and good pay. The Bristol Manufacturing Co., Plainville, Conn. 1-24 WRITERS CRAMP FEARED. President Not to Sign Commissions for Minor Officers. Washingten, Feb. 26.—Under a rul- ing of the judge advocate general of the army, the president is relieved of the task of signing commissions for officers of lower grade in the army and hereafter will sign only the com- missions of general officers. For offi- cers of lower grade the signature of the secretary of war, “as, by the pres- ident,” it is held, will comply with the law. The ruling lifts a heavy burden off the president, particularly in view of proposed increases in the army. It is estimated that if 50,000 officers were commissioffed for an army of 500,000 men it would take the pres- ident more than a week of full work- ing days to sign the commissions. TO STUDY AERONAUTICS ABROAD Three U, S. Flyers to Train Frenchmen, San Diego, TF'eb. 26.—Lieutenant J. E. Carberry, Millard F. Harmon, Jr., and Davenport Johnson, army avia- tors who have just been ordered to France for special trainigg in mili- tary aeronautics, are graduates of the North Island Aviatian school here. Friends of the three officers said they would proceed to the aviation school at Bue for instructions in piloting single-seater battleplanes oquipped with machine guns, Lieutenant Carberry was a member of the first class of Junior aviators graduated from the North Island school. He won the Mackay trophy in 1914, Lieutenants Harmon and Johnson, who were graduated here last year, have been stationed with the first aero squad at Columbus, N. M. Under FOURTEEN DIE IN AIRSHIP French Acronauts l#led When Am- munition Explodes As Craft Is Shot Down by Germans. Berlin, Feb. 26. via London.—Four- teen men were killed by the destruc- tion of the French airship reported in yesterday's official communication to have been brought down by the German defensive fire. Additional details regarding this incident were given out here officially today as fol- lows: ‘The French airship brought down on Friday night was set ablaze by our anti-air.craft fire. It fell in flames near Weelferdingen west of Saarga mund (in Lorraine,) When it landed the ammunition which it carried ex- ploded. The crew, consisting of 14 men, were killed. The damage to the airship does not prevent ascer- taining the details of construc- tion.” MUSICAL, ENTERTAINMENT. Baptist’s Young Peoples’ Society Plans Tuesday Night Social. The Y. P. 8. C. E. of the First Baptist church will give a dramatic and musical entertainment in the chapel tomorrow evening, beginning at 8 o’clock. W. H. Whedon, a grad- uate of the New York School of Ora- tory, will give several readings, and piano, violin and mandolin selections will be rendered by different members | of the society. The program is as follow: plano and mandolin; A i Whedoun; e, violin solo; reading, “A Big Mistake,” W. H. Whedon: music vocal solo; reading, Shakespeare, selected, ‘W. H. Whedon; mus piano duet: reading, Old-Time Religion, W. H. ‘Whedon; music, piano, flute and vio- lin. read- SWEDISH SOCIALISTS SPLIT 3 Schism in Ranks Become Aputésy Through Publication of Call for Formation of New Party. Stockholm, Feb. 26, via London, 12:50 p. m.—The rupturé between the warring factions of the soclalist party, which was foreseen during the recent congress here, has come to pass. ' Members of the socialist lest have published an appeal for the formation of a new socialist party. The proclamation is signed \ by fifteen members of the party on the proclamation and eighteen from the general party organization. . APOLLO QUARTET COMING. Will Give Concert at Methodist Church ‘Wednesday. Apollo Quartet, of Boston, will give a con cert in the auditorium of = Trinit; Methodist church Wednesday eve- ning under the auspices of the Meth- odist Brotherhood. The quartet will be accompanied by a reader, Miss Dorothy Berry Carpenter of Boston, to assist in making the program more varied and pleasing. Miss Carpenter is a dramatic reader of known ability and pleasing personality and comes well recommended. To those who have heard the Apolld Quartet on former visits to New Brit— ain no introduction is needed. The| Apollo Quartet is Boston's most fa. mous male quartet. It was organized in 1888. Its present membership cons gists of four young musiclans wha have attained a high stundard of art. istry, both in solo and ensemble sing ing. Their voices are of unusugjl refinement, breadth and richness and are remarkably similar in quality. Their programs, dignified and of ¢ cellent musical merit, are delightfully varied with interesting bits of orlg inality and humor. The the qualit quartet .,