New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 20, 1917, Page 5

2 . mailés of the town was sawed two- m! PERONNE DESOLATE AS GERMANS FLIT French Gity Lelt in Ruins Before - Being Abandoned ¥rom a Staft Correspondent of the ~ Associated Press. British headquar- ters in France, March 19, via London, March 20.—The deliberate character ©f the destruction wrought by the Germans before their withdrawal at Peronne is evident in- the once beau- titul avenue of trees leading to the Tallway stations. These trees were untouched by sheéll fire but each one Wwhs hacked in two with axes and the gashes and chips show that the work was done within the last few @days. The beautiful gardens of the ' utlying houses. were also wrecked end every fruit tres within several &hirds of ths way through and then biroken down. The correspondent of the ‘Associat- o8 Press was anjong the first visitors #0 magic, simi- You folks who — ot iy T i b 8 1t £ |zcattered in the streets, discharges strugsling for breath at night. Yyour druggist you want a small and relief comes nstantly. 3t is just what every cold and stuffed-up and miserable. " Lung Ailmeats Yield " to Linonine to the high -cost of all in- (over 100% Inerease) we to raise the price, to take e follows: 30c, 35c All druggists ‘um to Peronne in the waké of the Eng- lish troops, who have now swept well ‘beyond that place. It was necessary te pass through half a score of ruined villages, which only a few days ago were within the zone of ar- tillery fire, before reaching the banks of the Somme. Crossing that stream on an improvised bridge and trudg- ing through Halle, Peronhe was , reached over a road which had been reconstructed within twenty-four hours over succeeding rows of Ger- man trenches and. through recurring mazes of rusted barbed wire, some of these being at least six feet in height and fifty feet in width. In the outskirts of the city, Eng- lish Tommies were encountered wear- ing German ‘pickle” helmets and grinning from ear to ear. In the great square of Peronne, which is surrounded by melancholy ruins, was the British lieutenant who led the first patrol into the city. He was mounted on a splendid little Ger- man pony which he captured with its full equipment. Several other off- cers arrived during the morning and begged for the privilege of taking a canter about the prize of war. 3 Buildings Blown Up. There was a ghostly sijence in most sections of the city. No sound of war was to be heard exocept once when a prying German airplane scudded over in the shelter of the high fleecy clouds and anti-aircraft guns opened, driving him to quick retreat. British officers pointed out building after bullding whére appar- ently the total, damage had resulted from jnterior explosions. In many cases walls facing away from the line of’British and French fire had great ing strikingly from.the round holes made in other buildings by shells. The beautiful old sixteenth cen- tury.church of St. Jean was a pitiful mass of ruins, but its oil “paintings still hung on'a bit'of wall'fn the tran- Bept and was miraculously touched. 'The statue of Catherine Devoix, which had adorned the dummy left in its stead. =, The rail station was , completely wrecked, including the tracks and crossing bridges. -German had been substituted throughout the station and on & bulletin board was a time tablé for trains from Lifle, Munich and other points within the German lines. The Germans left many relics behind to.show their occupa- tion of the French military barracks. |In some of the rooms Christmas trees, gaily decorated with tinsel, were still *nd in partly burned house remnants of children’s toys, rude doll: ekrriages :and bits of dalls themselves. ; These .foys, had been left behind with all other house- hold belongings when the French. in- vaters, T e’ ot 1o s e invaders. In some e | - dences ' the libraries’ | 3 ;::n ‘wrecked, the books torn to pleces.and Treacherous Foot Bridges. The Germans left foot A bridges dcross the Somme which were ap- parently intact but further examina- tion showed that false sections had ‘been inserted which gave way at the first foot pressure. ‘The correspon- dent, investigating one of these bridges too closely, had am icy bath in the Somme. On the blank walls of the city there were many printed proclamations - to 'the - soldiers. in- cluding the entire text of some of Chancellor Von' Bethmann Hollweg's latest speeches in the Reichsttag. At a chateau just outside Peronne the Germans had killed two magples and stuck them on the sharp points of iron posts at either side of the “I suppose that signifies some. German curse or sign_ of luck,” said a British subaltern as ‘went - whistling gally on his way to find, ss heé #ald, “where the. war had taken itself off to. ; 5 FINDS WIFE DIVORCED Years to Visit Famfly—Has Been in Like the resurrection of an appati- tion from the dim, ‘dead past, Jacab Gordon ,divorced from his wife, Fan- nie Levine, of 22 HurlQurt street, s year ago, after having deserted 'her twelve years before, appeared in New Britain & ‘few days ako and sought out his érstwhile wife and. his son, Abraham Gordon. ¢ The Gordons were inarried in 1898 and immigrated to this country. .In 1904 Gordon disappedred £fom i home and family and until his pres. ent visit had not been seen or heard from. In 1916 Mrs. Gordon secured a divorce on grounds of desertion. She also secured the right to usg her maiden name. Gordon, during his visit with his former wife and son, explained that ‘he had been working in the ofl flekis at New Oil City, Okla. Before leav- ing he purchased a gold watch and presented it to his son, with the re- quest that he keep it in -memory of his father. . C. OF O. DINNER. Annual Event to Be Held at Elks® Home Tonight. ‘With all arrangements completed, the annual dinner of the Chamber of Commerce is scheduled for this even- ing, in the banquet hall of New Britain lodge, B, P. O. E, on Wash- ington street. Preceding the banquet a reception Wwill be held at '6:30 a'clock, in which President B, G. Rhett of the United States Chamber of Commerce and other invited guests, dneluding Governor Holcomb, will be presented to the members. The diners will sit down at 7 o'clock. ~ Addresses will. be given by President G. M, Landers of the or- ganization, Governor Holcomb, Mayor George A. Quigley, PF. P. Jones of ‘Winsted and Mr. Rhett. squares blown through them, differ- | place on bogrd ‘this | NEW BRITAIN 'DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1917. SUFFRAGE SYSTEM N GERMANY RAPPED, Socialist Believes Reforms Should Be Instituted af Once . Berlin, Monday, March 19, via London, March 20.—Philipp Scheide- mann, soclalist leader in the Reich- stag, says in the socialist newsbaper Vorwaerts: - o » “It does not require many words to explain why almost the whole .world is arrayed against us. The answer is given quickly. The whole world sees among our enemies -mal-developed forms of democracy and in us it sees only Prussians. pur “We always have anewered hy re- ferring to the ‘absolutism of ‘Russia, but now czarism Has gone amd the emperor's successor s to accept the throne only if the representatives of the people agree. These representa- | tives are to be elected on the basis of universal, equal, direct ‘nnfl wecret sul 3 firage. - “In Asia the empire of‘the man- ' darins opposed every reform. They they know the will gladly live SPRING DRIVE IN THE FIFTH WARD William Sikora to Lead Democratic Battalions in Attempt to Win * Willlam Sikora has* been projected into the political arena by the fifth ward democrats as one of their can- didates for councilman. Paul Nur- czak, unsuccessful candidate .of & year ago, who recently announced his intention of again seeking council honors, now gives notice of his with- drawal in favor of Mr. Sikora. The democrats in the fifth ward are said te be planning an . energetic “spring drive” against republicans. .The at- tack is to be launched particularly |’ against Frank Partyka and John Ow- siak, republican councilmen, it is said. ny of the democrats in the fifth ward are sald to be particularly dis- satisfled with the representation given Jem by these two men who, although willing and faithful, seldom take an active part in council procedure and have earned fof themselves the title of “silent members,” which cogno- men they share with several repre- sontatives from other wards, : Mr. Sikors lives at 250 Washing- ton street and is one of the founders of the Fifth Ward Democratic club. His political manager is Paul Topa. In other wards parties and candi- dates are girding 6n their armor, preparatory to getting into.the po- litical’ fray. Gardner C. Weld, can- didate for councilman from the third ward, has already secured a large number of signatures to his primary petition and his friends are booming his candidacy. The situation: regard- ing the aldermanship is still much unsettled. Councilman O. F. Curtis, mentioned as a probable candidate, but who, it has been hinted, may not seek the office because of his state departmental occupation, remains non-committal, neither denying nor affirming the report. This, conse- quently, makes the position of Coun- «iiman Charles Mueller somewhat em- barassing. Mr. Mueller has been re- ported as willing to be a candidate for alderman in case Mr. Curtis de- clined to run. Willlam B. Wall seems assured of another term in the coun- cil without any campaigning on his part. Kenneth Hoffman, who was first approached and asked to run stated that he is not in the race at #jl. This leaves Mr. Weld with a clear fleld for councilman thus far. ° E. COWLES SELECTED. Kensington “Rby t Be Director of Religion at First Church. At a_imeeting of the standing coms | mittee of" the First Congregritional church Edwdrd Upson.Cowles, son: of’ Mr. and. Mrs. Sidney ‘Cowles of Ken- sington, was chosei as director of religious education.” Mr. Cowles is 24 years of age and graduated from the New Britain High school with the | olass of 1911 and with the class of 1918 from' Trinity' college. Hartford AU present he is a student at the Hartford Theological seminary. Mr. Cowles will start his work April Only part of the time will be devoted by Mr. Cowles to the work as he will continue his studies at the seminary SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES Allen's Foot-Base, the antiseptic powder to be shaken isto the shoss and eprinkled into desired an emperor with absolute power, as long as he did their will, and thereby undermined the mon- archy and laid the foundation of a republic. In the European central empire ‘similar spirits seek to bulld similar Chinese walls and hinder every reform. The clock shows five minutes to | twelve. They imagine théy can. hold up the time when they move back the hands to.eleven. Procrastinating Chancellor. “Why. does the chancellor shrink back ndw.from unconditional neces- sity? Always the hesitator, the pro- crastinator, Bethmann-Hollweg wantsg to begin to cure Prussia of the war. Russia also promised all reforms aft- er thé war; but the war lagted too long for the Russians. Why postpone till tomorrow what is absolutely nec- essary today, what even the king him.- self declared years ago was one of the most urgent matters of the busi. ness of the state? Now is the time for decisive action. The difficuities which might arise if the government adopts the Reichstag system of elec- tions for Prussian elections are as a feather weight as compared with the difficulties which, will come if it does not do this. The chancellor should not delay one day. ‘The " Prussian people, as well as the other German states, will stand as one man at his side if he acts decisively.” Events Tonight “Little Peggy O’Moore,” theater. Lyceum High theater. class photo drama, Fox's Vaudeville and moving pictures, Keeney's theater. Parents and Teachers Grammar schoal hall. association Ladles’ Auxiliary, N. L. C. A., whist Jr. 0. U. A, M. hall. Leading Star lodge, S. of B., meets in Electric hall. W. L. Morgan lodge, K. 6f P., meets in Vega hall. Central Labor Union meets at 3¢ Church street.- New -Britain lodge, - N. E. O. P, meets in Jr. O. U. A. M. hall. Clan Douglas, O. S, C, 277 Main stree meets at New Britain council, Royal Ar- canum, meets at 242 Main street. Daly Council, K. gf C., in Hanna's hall. meets CARPET (0. 219 ASYLUM ST., CORNER tlie most desir- able for Spring Our display of these cholce rugs is one of the finest in Hartford. Body Brussels Rugs are always in demand and right now when Wool and Dyes are 80 high the prices’ asked for hi== grade Body Brussels Rugs are <ealry mrohibitive. CUX PRIGES ARE LOW ‘We have an ex"~llent display —a charming vamaty of shades and patterns anw =wn early in- spection will be most profitable. Deliveries, it desired, after m March or April Houseclean: FAMILY DOCTOR'S 600D ADVICE To 6o OnTaking “Frulf-a-fives” Because They Did Her Good Roctrow, Jaw, 14th, 1015.. (T suffered for niany years with ter- zible Indigestion and Constipation. X bad freauent dissy spells and becams greatly run down. A neighbor advised me to try “Fruit-a-tives”. Ididsoand to the surprise of my doctor, I. began to improve, and he advised me to go on with “Fruit-a-tives”._ . Loonsider that I owe mylife to *Fruit- a-tives” and I want to say to those whio suffer from Indigestion, Constipation or Headaches—‘try Fruit-a-tives’ and you willgetwell”. CORINE GAUDREAU. 50c. & box, 6 for $2.50, trial sise, 25¢. | Atall dealers or sent postpaid by Fruit- asdives Limited, Ogdensbure . N.Y. o, | City ltems | The Young Men’s Athletic associa~- tion of St. Joseph’s church, will meet at 7:30 o'clock this evening to discuss plans for the opening of the training @edson. The annual state’' conventian of the Modern ‘Woodmen of America will be held in this city Wednésday, May 2, Daly council, K. of C,.and the Y. M. T. A. & B, soclety have completed arrangements for a card tourney. The winners will be entertained at a supper by the losers and the first games will be played Thursday even- ing at the “Tabs” rooms. ' Misses Carrie Howard and. Olga Al- brecht have returned to their homes in Bridgeport after visiting local friends. Initiatory degrees will be conferred . at the meeting of Phenix lodge, I, 0. O. F., tomorrow -evening. : A marriage license has been isyued to Edwin D. Crandall and Mrs, Sarah E, Tourtelotte, both of - 41 Emmons Place. This will be the second ‘mar- ridge for each. 2 - Leading Star lodge, 8. of B, will meet in Electric hall tomorrow even- ing at 7:830 a'clock. Following the business meeting, at which all officers are expected to attend, there will be a social and whist, As a result of being accidentally kicked while playing with . another boy, Raymond Amnderson of. 196 Cherry street, a trade school pupll, was admitted to New Britain General hospital last night for treatment. He is about fourteen years ald. Frederick C. Walker, plumber, has complained to the police that a quantity of lead pipe has been stolen from a house on Lincoln street. De- tectives are investigating. AN but two of the eleven men.re- cently appointed as supernumerary policemen, have taken the oath af office. The men will be assigned to duty within a few days. Engine Co. No. 1.was called to the carriage shop of H. Gitlovitch at 88 Séymour street late yesterday after- noon to extinguish burning shingles that had become ignited from a spark. Chemicals were used and the damage is estimated at not more than $75. ] YOUR SICK CHILD i i IS CONSTIPATED ! LOOK AT TONGUE Hurry, Mother] Remeve poisons from little Uver, Bowels. Give “Californis Syrup of Figs” billoug or [ N6 matter what ails your child, a gentle, thorough laxative should al- ways be the first treatment given. ¢ your little one is out-of-sorts, half-sick, isn't resting, eating and aoting naturally—look, Mother! see if tomgue is coated- This is a sure sign that the little stomach, liver and bowels are clogged with waste. When crees, irritable, feverish. stomach sour, breath bad or has stomach-ache, diar- rhoea, sove throat, full of cold, give a teaspoonful of “California Syrup of Figs,” and in a few hours all the con- stipated poisom undigested food and sour bile gently moves out of the little bowels without griping, and you have & well, playful child again. Mothers can rest easy after giving this harmless “fruit laxative,” because :':.vor talls to cleanse the little one’s r and bowels and sweeten the sto- mach and they dearly love its pleas- ant taste. Full directions for. babies, children of all ages and for grow= ups printed on each bottle. " - Baware of counterfeit fig e upe. | Ask your. drugsist for of “Califernia Syrup .of Figs:” then wse'that it made by the “California Fig Syrup Company.” A CONFERENCES PREPARATION Dr, Kilmer's S8wamp-Root is a first class remedy and possesses excellent merit in the diseases for which it is intended, according to the reports recelyed from those who have used | it during our experience of twenty ' years in handling and selling it. I know of a case of liver trouble that was benefiicially affected through the use of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root and also know of cases of rheumatism that werd satisfactory relieved. it is a remedy that gives universal sat- isfactfon to its users who take pleas- ure in recommending’ it to their ailing friends. Very truly yours, JOHN C. HUTCHINS, ¢ Druggist. June 5, 1916. North Stratford, N. H. Letter to | Dr. Kilmer & Co., -Binghamton, N. Y.. Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for'a sample ! sise bottle. It will convince.anyone. You wiil also receive a booklet of valuable infoymation, telling about the kidneys and bladder. When writ- ing, be sure and mentioh the New Britain Daily Herald. Reguldr fifty- cent and one-dollar sige sale at all drug stores. e ——— MILIUKOFF YANKEE OF RUSSIAN GOVT. Mayor Will Call ‘Special Infos Session of Common Councl Business Meeting Tomoerow’ Tamorrow night's session of common council gives promiss of. veloping into a long drawn out & replete with the personal opim the several members relative to : financial condition af the oity,, | Mayor Quigley announced today 8 following the routine businéss, would call a special informal o for the purpose of discussing thé | rate and city estimates, Lo Since the finance board ba# - cluded its meetings and recen a tax rate of .025, which two and one-half cénts per | the assessed value of proj has been much discussien city. Some complain that propriations if neceasary. complain that even with the .0: provements which ars impe provements w! are imperkl the safety and, welfaté of thé munity and they wéuld 7 these things, regardiess of the o Tonight ‘is the ssventeenth &f versary of William J. Ra pointment as chief of police promotion of the late Pat from patrelman to a captaimey.: | Rawlings and Samuel a patrolman, now detectiye 8 | in ‘chargé>of i ' ' | the jewelers’ trade, he worked i partment, * were. the - two.ii ap executlve. lin, heving been born there Apeik 1864, ‘and hes passed DIAC ! of his life in this section: Churchill & Lewis plant for t four years. For ten years he member of Co. E of the Cont National Guard, being mi: 1876. ' He is a former captain of and saW gervice with that co Camp Alger. For a number Paul N, Miltukoff, the minister for foreign affairs in the provisional Rus- sian government, has been one of the leading figures in'the revolution. He is well known in America. In 1901 he was banished from Russia for political views expressed while a member of | the faculty of the University of Mos- cow. He went to-Chicago and became professor of Russian history at the University of Chicago. In 1898 Millukoff was exiled to Siberia. He was gailty of liberal ten# dencies. 'He was in exile for two years the result of which was his “History of Ruasian Culture, revolution. On his eturn to Russa be was re- arrested and led across the frontier into Bulgaria. ‘A warrant of expatria- tion excluded him . for two years. Miliukoff's answer was an {mmediste return to Petrograd, wherq he was again arrested and held in jail for five months without trial. When he was released he again went to Chicago. On his third visit to America, in 1908, he told interviewers that his speeches in the duma frequently were interrupted by some one shouting, “American” or ‘“American citizen.” He added, “So now I aimost invariably begin iy speeches by quoting some- thing American.” HUNDRED NEW VOTERS. to Receive Applications. To date Regtstrars Willlam Zeigler and Thomas J. Smith have recetved applications from 100 citizens of New Britain who wish to be made voters. This number is slightly less than that of a year aga but may be attributed to the fact that it is a so called “off vear” when thers is no 'contest for mayor or other high offi;ces. Tomor- row is the last day on which praspec- tive electors may file their applica- tions to be made voters. The office will be open in City hall from 9 a, m. to 5 p. m. Voters will be made on March 31 and April 2. The board will sit from 9 a. m. to 7 p. m, these evenings to enroll the new voters. JAPANESE ATTITUDE CHANGING Boston, March 30.—Professor Mar= cus D. Bueil of Boston University School of Theology, told the Methe odist Social Union last night that Christian literature was yearly grow- ing more influential in molding the minds of the Japanese nation. Prof. Buell recently returned from an ex- tended trip through the Orient. “There has been a new alignment and co-ordination of all the Christian forces in Japan of a gratifying kind,” he said. Putnam, March 20.—Leon A. Gil- man indicted for murder in thé first degree, was placed on trial in the Windham eounty superior court to- dsy. He was indicted last week for Rilling his grandfaher, Nelson Gilman, st Willimantio, on November 20, and & cousin, Edwin Gilman, the same might. he was connected with the | partmenit and saw service as &'§ stable. ' Fraternally, he is pi in the Masons and Temple of o s forred relative’ ‘to funeral . Last night, the long expected vi death came. The bedy will bé. its laat. resting - place . .in. cemetery Thi in the he selected trimmings aid detalls. .The funersl will be #i rooms' of the I. Company. For 'some twé lived in' the family of Frank the Arch street ‘The dec but N FEW POLKS HAVE phur in the hatr. made up & mixture of Sulpbur to thousands of dark shade of tive, use only drope- . Nowpdays we: get' thie. femous: tore improved by the additien ef. ingredients by store for a §6-cent sponge or: this through your halr, : small strand at & ti@e. By Wo the hatr § sray diskppedrs; bt delights the iadies with -Wyeth and Sulphur Compound, i ti sides beautifully Sarkising t after & fow applioations, 1t aleo W back the gloss and lustre snd $ii an appearance of abundance. pound 1s & delightful tollet to impart color and & youthtul ance to the hair. It is nét for the cure, mitigation or p of disease.