New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 23, 1917, Page 8

Oftice ‘at New Britain Mail Matter. g o r to anv part of the oity w418 D Mo reh 8¢ | - cents & week, 65c & month, . for uwt’u be sent by matl, 2 it_Hota- L P s flag, one land, one heart, . ‘ome_hand, ? One Nation evermbore v ‘WIENDELL HOLMES. DR : five applioants for mem- .the military company of the “Rifle ‘élub is well on its It will not take long il out the full quota of mem- for & complete company g military laws. There aplenty in the Rifie club ny that wilt do credit to the state. military company of the Rifie have work of great import- it in the event that this ‘goes to war. The plan of action n ‘troops-has not been an- W, of,course, but it is probable p will have to defend our shore L In that case dach city and town th in the state should have line of defense. The Home By Do called to say part of the & miltary. onipany of the ot military ageiabd abiity | a8l crisis there are’ four or five ‘of showing this loyalty.. One is gt I the United: States army or fet anpther "avenue of ser- ered by the Homé Guard. In the Rifle olub offersa medium Glally drilled in the use of fire- . The military compa B club is ancther branch. of ser- should appesl to young men. B¢ hmnomuqilypltho dra~ jo in the sinking of.an -ofl tank per; not haif so much as in the | steamer Healdtan sunk by a han submasine yesterday off Ter- Holland, 4id_not offer the fbifities for disgster . that the [ TP a German sub- -ang-amestcans killéd *on this wventure of German submarines. killed; ‘however, were all men. pictire was ' incomplete. To a really great feast for the um- boats there .should have been ‘quantity of women and left floundering in small gave to the ms"te Rev. Father Sargeant, nger .on the . Laconia, who il the -manner in which women K their death when the submarines their real work. The priest, “was set adrift in a small water- 1 boatful of men, women and administered the last rites 8 church to the dying. Here is gdescription af the manner in b fanocent victims 6f submarine ® go to thelr watery graves: [rsc Hoy dled. in the arms of ughter,. Her- body slipped the sea out of her daugh- med arms,. The heart- P daughter; succumbed. a .fium afterward and her foll over the side of the boat e were tossed by the huge loy water up to her knees -t hours, the daughter all bravely supported her a1 'uttering words of arag: “te her. From the 1 were violently seasick, $ . coupled with the cold_and grafludlly wore . down first to dle'in our baat was. ‘Irvipe Robinson of Toronts. er Yis body had been con- 5 the sea we tosged about ‘an_hour, getting more and jre water, until the gunwhales almost léwel with the =ea. Mr. Ivatt,\who: was -not )3 ly. ‘strong, . s@gcumbed in _arms of his Siancee, who was e beside him,-trying in vain to him warm by ' throwing: wealth of hair about his neck./ . after he died she refused y him up, and although the nal ht made the situa- ?fi\(s ud JYor ,us all, ‘to ‘nc’r"?n;h}cl pleading h There were no mother and daughter on board the oit tank:steamer Heald-, ton. There was no sweetheart to keep her dgax flance warm by throwing h‘cr vzg-lth of hair' about his limpid form." There were none of the dra- matic tolches to the sinkifig of the Healdton, none of the pathetic scenes that stamped the tragedies of the Lusitania and the Laconia. But this Was in no way the fault of the Ger- man submarine commanders. Sex, ‘Whatever it rhay be, is all the same ta these gentlemen. Age has no bearing with them.'‘ Innocent babies and hearded men, all look alike to. the. men who - propel torpedoes. Beautiful young girls . and. weather beaten men of the sea have the same standing. Partfcipants in the war and innocent’ non-combatants,—~it is all the same, 'No flag. maKes any difference. ..Jt may be the flag of a neutral or the flag of a country with -which Germany is“at war. All re- ceive the same treatment. ‘This is the doctrine of the Imperial government, it is the thing that is gradually bring- ing tie entire civilized world against the House of Hohenzollern. ‘The sinking of the tank' ~steamer Healdton, while not accompanied with touches of the dramatic, is just as unlawful an offense in the eves of in- ternational law as the sinking of the Lusitania or the Laconia. All of these vessels were sunk without warning. All went to the bottom of the sea without receiving even the courtesy of visit and search, a fundamental prin- ciple of international law. All these tragedies will be written down on the pages of history as blots on the escutcheon of Germany. In the years to come when students of wars pan- der over:what happened in the past, ‘Germany will take her place in the lead of all ruthless wagers of war. There is no instance in past history that can be compared with what is taking place in the so-called |\ barred Zone of European waters. Not even the machinations of the ' Pirates of Barbary Coast can stand shoulder to’ shoulder in horror with the depreda- tions of German submarine com- manders. History is shamed at the acts now ‘taking place on the Atlantic ocean. Fortunately, the sinking af Ameri- can ships without warning will soon be brought to a stand-still, if not stopped for all time. ‘When the American Congress meets on the wecond day of next, montth its mem- bers will be called upon to review the activities of ruthless submarine warriors. And, when the grand list is Presented to these members of Con- gress, they can act in only one way. They must declare war upon a nation that has been waging war om their country for many months. ‘When the declaration of war comes, the American navy will see to it that all Laconias and Lusitanias and Heald- tons are at least warned. If they are warned there will be no sinking, not while American gunners and Ameri- can guns have the same power they exercised’ in other days. There were no women and childven on the Healdton to add to the tragedy, ere were no mothers, or sweet- hearts, 'or wives, or daughters, to give thé dramatic touch. But the crime is nonetheless as great as that whieh took place on May 7, 1915, when the Lusitania was sent to the bottom with- out warning, WOMEN AND WAR. Those ladies who last summer mounted the Hughes band wagon and made a drive against the Solid West and the United South in an attempt to dethrone Woodrow Wilson have now turned their thoughts in another direction. Forsaking the realm of politics the ladies of the Hughes Al- llance have now entered the Valley of Fashion and are waging war on thelr sisters who insist upon spending too much money on cloaks and hais. In these critical times' the women of the nation should effect an econom- jcal dress and do away with all the frills and furbelows that Dame Fashion might order in other times. Extrav- agant changes in the wardrobe should be tahooed. Whatever money reserved for this purpose should be turned into the natiopal government for an emergency war fund. So say the women of a former campaign. There is no telling how the styles will be effected by war, if war should come about. The women of Ger- many, and France, and Russia, and England, and all the nations now at war know that the fashions of peace are dispelled to great measure by the bugle cail ‘of war. No government edict is necessary to make women realize that the laces and cloths of ante-bellum days must give way to calicocs and other cheap goods when the war is on full swing, depending, of course, on thc length and extent Of the struggle. The women of: the South knew what it meant to fore- sake the fashions of ‘the day for the homespun of war. time. In'the event that the United States faces a serfous striggle with any nation its ‘'women will not have to be urged by any Al- llahce' to'' ‘abandon '‘the epliemieral styles qf-the mament; " They will res- | ulate their dress accordingly. i i B FACTS AND FANOIES. You may act when ready, Mr. Pres- ident.—Bridgeport Telegram. As American ships are sunk. the barometer falls.—New York Sun. The United States of Russia will be confronted with this guestion, which has a familiar “U. 8. A. ving”.to, it: “What shall we do with our .Ex- Czars?"—Hartford Post, Also, this ig the time of year when the daylight-saving enthusiast begins to bloom along with the tulips and daffodils. He doesn’t do any particu- lar harm, it may ‘be.—New Haven Register. L It 18 hard to understand women. Most of them would rather be mar- ried than happy.—Paterson News. y Mr. Nicholas Romanoff is cordially welcomed into the ranks of the plain people.—Springfield Republican. . Dr. Dudley A, Sargent of the Har- vard gymnasium is centuries late with his discovery of “rhythmical afnity” in the dance. The “just one girl” mo- tive was known at least as far back,| as when the most ancient Egyptian fox trotters sported in the summer gardens on the Nile. A contemporary says the chief needs of mankind now -are peace and potatoes. And the indications are there will be none of the former un- til the latter was exhausted.—Savan- nah News. Through all the excitement Amer— ica maintains the calm of an old ladies’ sewing circle—Brooklyn (N. Y.) Eagle. Battle Hymn of the RepuBlic. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword; His truth is marching on, 1 have seen Him in the watch-fires of ° & hundred circling camps; They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps; I can read His rightous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps; His day is marching on. I have read a flerv gospel burnished rows of “As ye deal with My oon! iners, so with you my grace shall deal; Let the Hero born of woman crush the serpent with His heel, Since God is marching on.” writ in 1; v : He has sounded forth a trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat; O, be swift my soul to answer Him! bé jubilant my feet! Our God is marching on, In the beauty of the lillies Christ was born across the sea, ‘With glory in His bosom that trans- figures you and me; As he died to make men holy, let us die to make them free, ‘While God is marching on. —Julla Ward Howe. A New Mark Twain Tale, (From San Francisco Argomaut.) This Mark Twain story, might have happened. It dates back to the period when Mark was living in Hartford in the next block from Harriet Beecher Stowe and her husband, Prof. Stowe. One cold and blustery winter morn- ing after an unusually heavy snow storm a neighbor meeting Mark on the street slowly ploughing his way through the drifts with a corncob pipe in his mouth and a snow shovel over his shoulder asked him where he was bound. “Oh, just around the block— on an errand of mercy,” drawled Mark removing the pipe from between his teeth and pointing over his shoulder with the stem of it. “Mrs. Stowe has just telephoned me that Prof. Stowe is under the weather this morning, and I'm on my way around there to’ shovel him out.” B The Flag at Night. (Boston Globe). Military authorities say that the flag should be hauled down at sun- set, but when Francis Scott Key wrote the “Star Spangled Banner” he told how bursting shells in the night re- vealed the flag. Those who fly the flag at night are following the oldest tradition, / Not Hard to Do. (Detroit Free Press). “They spend their money faster than they make it.” ‘Well, that’s no trick nowadays.” The Matter With Kaneas, (Topeka Capital). ' They buried Funston yesterday. ‘was the last of the Kansas Except for the old boys who went to war in the sixties, the breed seems to have run out. It is the era of the man who wants to regulate the uni- ‘werse by statute, Not Captured by the British. (Garnertown Record). '’Announcement is made that Wil liam P. R. Bagdad will leave mnext week for eastern cities and will later Feside in New. Xork, - NEV BRITAIN DAILY - BARS ARE DOWN ON 'POSITIONS IN ARMY Men Between 21 and 32 May Be- " come Second Lieutenants 1 ‘Washington, March '23.—The grade of second lieutenant in the Officers Reserve Corps of the army has been thrown open .by Secretary Baker to imen without any military experience whatever, provided they are .physicgl~ | ]y and mentallly adapted to military lite. An urgent plea-has been sent’ out to men between 21 and 32 years| all over the country to send in ap- plications - for- commissions with as- | surances that the army will supply after enroliment the 'military train- ing necessary. to fit them for duty. Under tho'.National Defense Act, the corps should.be able to furnish officers for a force of 1,000,000 vol- unteers in war time and also serve HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH, 23, 5 ar a reservoir from which ‘additional | |} officers for the regular -army could be drawn at need. Tess than 1,000 men have been given reserve com- missfons in the line, despite the fact that the law has been in operation for more than eight months. Appl- cations are coming in slowly and army officers are using every means in_their power to attract young men to this service as a patriotic duty. There appears to be no lack of men desiring to serve in the staff corps reserve, such as the engineer corps, the quartermasters division and the medical service. Enough commis- sions in these corps have been is- sued to prdvide the special arms for o million troops. It is fighting men who are lacking, line officers who may look for service at the front in time of war. Army officers believe the failpre to fill up this resetve is due only to lack of information as to the requirements, for it is the fight- ing lincs that are attractive to young men in war time. Bventually the Reserve Officers Training Corps, composed of units at universities, schools and colleges, will provide more than 6,000 men a year, it is estimated, for reserve commis- sions. The first fruits of this scheme for educating réserve officers, how- ever, will not come until 1918 and then not more than 3,000 junior officers can be expected to be turned into the reserve. In all probability many of these will be required for regular army commissions, reducing the reserve strength by that much. Must Pass Examination, The law prescribes that no man shall be commissioned in the reserve ‘without having passed examination. The war department has realized that lack of previous military experience of any kind is probably preventing young men past their college days from making application. For that reason every effort has been made to make it known throughout the country that military experience is not required. Men will be commissioned who have Tnever worn a uniform or faced a drill sergeant. The army will gladly under- take to furnish those who are other- wise suitable with the necessary pro- fessional training after they have en- tered the service. This applies, however, only to the srade of second lieutenant. First lleutenants, captains and majors must show previous military experience to earn their commissions. The heavy responsibilities for the care of troops that goes with such grades necessi- tates this restriction. Applicants for second lleutenants’ commissions are being assured that every opportunity will be given them after enroliment in that grade to ad- vance themselves to higher rank. The department has appealed to young men who care to offer their ser- vices to apply without delay to the commander of the military depart- ment in which they live for necessary papers and information. Letters shotld be addressed to The Commanding General, Eastern Department, Gov- ernor’s Island, N. Y., Central Depart- ment, Chicago, Ill., Southern Depart- ment, San Antoniio, Texas, or Western Department, San Francieco, Cal. They will recelve prompt attention and ar- rangements for the examination of an applicant will be made to suit his con- venience as nearly as possible. To those who receive commissions, the summer camps of the army will be open and they will receive travel allowances and pay will more than off- set any expense to which they may be put. Only a simple fleld uniform is required for reserve officers, intoly- ing little expense, and the nment assumes thltrtoav. also 'eventually. In wartime reserve officers would be required to report for duty either in person or by letter, as ' he may direct, to the tcommanding general of the department in which they reside. They will be assigned to regular or voluntéer regiments, as the occasion warrants, and when called out will re- ceive the full pay and. allowances of their grade in the regular service. { FLEEING SPY DROPS MAP OF FACTORIES (Continued from First Page.) the principals, it is. understood that the situation has been carefully gone over by representatives of manufac- turing plants and the authorities for the purpose of quick and concerted action, in case of war. or outbreak of .trauble locally, o .STn:rt Spring A Coats of Thistle: Downat . . $ lines. collar. teria. as well as the many other colors, ment is so large that you cannot fail to find Jjust Fully shirred over the hips with patched pockets almost huge in size with a very large pointed collar 8ilk' peau de cygne is ‘used to line the body of the coat which is but one from our most comprehensive assortment of coats. Such an assortment and variety as no other store the coat you had in mind. A New Barrel Coat Made in Wool Velour at and trimmed with stitchery. in Hartford has ever shown. This new soft material is here made in an ex- tremely fashionable model which has ultra flaring The novel belt gathers the coat in at the waist and is.trimmed with pearl buttons. A white broadcloth over-collar trims the very deep sailor Most pleasing is a very rich.shade of wis- Dally Receiving the Newest Coat Styles, Oonstantly Fol- lowing Every Fashion Trend and, As Usual, Prices Lowest in the City. Stylish Wool Velour $ . Spring Coats at . , —WISE, SMITH & COMPANY. 16.98 Bmbodying the newest style features, thewe Smast Couts have a full gathered back with separate belt and pleated effect, in front. The collar has a silk poplin over collar and altogether this represents -oné of the smartest coats that can be, found - in Hartford at such-a moderate price. Wise, Smith & Co., is well calléd Hartford's Cost Store for in no other store in New England will 3 larger assortment of stylish coats be found at so moderate a price. This model at $18.98 introduces the very new Empire effect with high waist line and full gathéred yoke back. The material is of good 4uality wool velour and is offered in such pleasing colnn‘ as %6 Handsome ‘The assort- Wear at new stylish model cuffs and sash. Spring wéar. promptly OYR DAILY AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY INSURES PROMPT D Daily Delivery in Néw Beitain, T0 OPEN UP RIGH TROPICAL COUNTRY Dominican Central Railroad to Improve Its Holdings Puerto Plata, Dominican Repub- lic, March 23.—Extensive repairs on the Dominican Central Railroad, con- necting this port with Santiago, in the heart of the rich Cibao country, have been commenced in accordance with the desire of millitary govern- ment to have transportation between these points brought up to a satis- factory basis, Tons of tobacco and coffee and cacao, the accumulation of a year, re- main unmoved at Santlago while there has been practically no freight moved inland by rail from here since August, The railroad, owned by the republie, has for vears operated at infrequent and uncertain intervals, The engineers are now “working on two deviations from the present route which will reduce the grade from twelve per cent. to a maximum of three per cent. These grade reduc- tions wilk eliminate the neceasity for racks, which heretofors have been in use, and will make- - traffic both quicker and more certain, - The loco- motives and Tolling stock also are ta be put in usable condition and when these changes and repairs are made it is' expected that the romd will be in more servicable condition than at any ‘time since its construction, - nly on one or, two .accasions has the road ever been operated profit- ably and then not for long: periods. Generrily it has been a heavy ex- ponse to the government when it was in operation and long periods of idle- ness due to revolutionary operations have made repair dnd upkeep charges heavy. Other extensive improvements are in courses of construction here and with a stable government are ex- pected to push to completion without unnecesary delay. The new 400-foot Elmwood, Newimgtom, Ceder cosst. With'the exception of Ban to defend thelr state and'a keei Pedro de Macoris and Sonto Domingo to become famillar with military tac” Coats of Bur- ella Cloth at . We offer’ this new and desirable material in a model which can’t fail o please, it not only combines some of the very latest style features, but combines - them in such a way that the model is heither ex- ' treme nor hard to wean: We offer these in a full assortment of the very ‘newest snd most desirable colors, including beige; sliver grey, sapphire blue, apple green and rose. - Children’s Serge . Coats for Spring beige, gold, ruby, apple green or Labrador blue. . 35.00 % '5.98 Fully lined udmu'nmgmm.ytfommg‘ serviceable and are shown in navy blue as well the lighter shades which are now so popular City Santiago and Puerto Plata afe tics. the ‘oiily oities ‘in' the republic’ now having electric lighting service. Other public improvements that are !street. to be immediately undertaken include teenth the rebuilding of bridg: from Santiago to onte on the foad |trqusers, but saluting with The yvoungest recruit yet to em 2 Ghearies Berry of i O He has just his seven- birthday. ‘Wearing g mitlitary of Christl. I precision, young Berry told Reeruit- Seven bridges of this highway were ing Ofcer Briere that le had”“Just burned by revolutionists last spring to turned seventeen” and wanted to. check ‘the advance of marines. In the southern part of the island ‘‘yes and for anything . Uncle work has been'commenced ar is about wants me for.” to be on several projects. . Bids have youthyouthful Wellington been asked for the building of the first considerable interest in the sixtéen kilometers of macadam from Macoris to Santo Domin, a distance of ‘approximately kilometers. nect with one now under -construc. distance of twelve kilometers, The foundation of a new $590,000 customs house at Santo Domingo City has already been laid and work on the new municipal building in the capital, which has been almost ten years in building and which has been inter- rupted frequently by revolutions, has been resumed and the building prob- ably will be occupled within six months. Other projects, including the erec- tlon of several government buildings to take the place of rented quarters, are being planned now that a’ stop has ‘been put to revolutions and with the continuance of order throughout the country funds are being made avail- able for many large public and pri- vate projects. 3 Since the American accupalon there have been many inquiries re- |garding lands and large tracts have Deen bought up in the Cibao chiefly for the growing of tobacco while in the southern part of the republic much land is being purchased to be planted to sugar cane. Several large investments of Porto Rican capital have been made chiefly in sugar lands while the same interests have made preliminary plans for the establish- ment of a bank in the capital with a branch at Macoris. 3 NEARLY 100 MEN NOW IN OUR HOME GUARD ‘whart which the government is bulld- | Ghearles Berry of Church Street “Just ing at a cost of $150,000 is well under way and when completed will be the finest harbor improvement in"the re- public. In addition to the wharf a new customs house to cost. $50,000, is to be bullt at the entrance to the dock. The dock is to be 414.feet long and ships drawing not more than twenty Home Guard. ‘Turned Seventeen” Is Youngest Recruit to Enlist. Tp to 1 o'colck today ninety<two men had enlisted in the New Britain Before the recruiting feet of water can come up along 'office closes tonight it is expected that either side. New HEiectric Plant, Engineers are at work on the de-'for the first-company. velopment of & hydro-electric project oruiting of a second Home near Santiago, 'company” will furnish .jast few days there has been a I on the Yaque river, which when completed will 1100 will have been enrolled, thus completing the complement of men Next week re- Guard begin. During the electricity for Santiago, Mocha, ILa number of young men employed Vega and Puerto Plata, the four prin- [various offices about the cipal cities of thy |examinations and when they are to tion from Macoris to Hato Mayor, a peid, |concerning jGuardsmen. £e | Ha United States jjst’ In taking the oath of glicfl:ngo to the state the young patriot ad id i The visit of ' this stimulatod Tecrult- ing. City,| Colonel W. W. Buullen went to the ! = tty-AVe Hartford headquarters today to obtaims ¥/ This road will also ‘con-, g full particulars regarding the medicals; " He will also secure all dal & the equipping ‘of th City On Baturdey evening, March 24, the . Swedish gymnastic team of South Manchester will give an exhibition aty Norden Bungalow. After the exh tion a dance will pe held. The monthly church supper will be served at the South church tonight at 6:30 o’clock.. The girla of the I World club will seil candy .at ths supper, !, Children’s Sults and, Top Coats &t cut prices at Besse-Leland's.—advl.’ ok Mizs Anha G. Rockwell, librarign & at the New Britain Institute Nbrafy, 3 ir 11 with grip at Miss Negie's sonle o tarium, & 7 _ There will bo a rehearsal of. thg: chair of the church of 8t Joh 3 Evangelist at the home of Mra. O'Brien of ‘Chestnut street tonight: 8 o'clock. . 3 The degree team of the Loyal Onder of Moose will have a theater parts. Parsons evening. depot at 7:20 o’clock. You'll do better at Wilson': Items £ New Britain Club Scene of The annual banquet of the Pritain Dental society was held evening. in the New Britain club & rooms. The affair proved to be one: of the most enjovable ever . unders :id taken by the society. Dr. James F: Dobson presided as toastmaster . and short addresses were given by rious members. ERE Interesting subjects in regard. the X-ray and its value to the 4 profession were given by Dr. Taft