New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 27, 1917, Page 6

‘| American. of God it shall be timent,—Indepen: ’ennofi-v.ouumunusul--o.! Mm of the ‘world. The. order is at once a call for young men of the country. the present situation it is that some, 25,000 .enlist- the navy are necessary. The be fully equipped. There g N?"'M'”M’W in .. There arve ships already j reserve. ' Theére s a jack of p man these: ships. There is h-of officers to take charge men. The opportunities 'of are theréfore manifold. The who ‘enlista in the navy in with advantages un-. B to those who .sought service n times. © Some ‘men after 4 twenty ‘years in the navy r been given the chances 1 soon ‘be- open to ambitious prising men who enlist in | ‘llfi lll.rltlvl. 'f5 thrown'into a state ’k‘? omnlmlthi for achiev- ne u-mm nnn will be In branch- An’the army and be untold open- of n - and development. The dullards ot the jackies or the sol- Only. the ambitious need F there is ‘& chance for | &nd mental advangement in ‘because of the new educa- e never had the opportu- to-college could seek no n ‘which to round out an than in the mavy. The navy from ‘this sectlon’ ‘The time to;attend to- ‘mew. When the alarm ‘of war 'h sounded over the ‘country there will be a wild scramble for enlistment. The young tellows who anticipate this event will have so much advantage on the late comers that their chances of Ppromotion. will. be doubled. = “First come, first served,” has aiways been the ‘rule ‘in the navy. Undér those blue jackets bf the sallors there beat hearts that are true and everlastingly There is not a finer as- sembly. of mien in the world. There 1s no braver man than the average American - blue jackét. The = mere thought of'becoming part of this great fighting brangh of Unale Eam’s mil- tary forcea:shoyld be emough to stim- ‘ulate reoruiting throughout the en- tire country.'' The Navy forever. NO RENEWAL OF TREATIES, Bauun of repeated viojations of the ancient treaties between the Unit- ed States and Prussia_ by the present German Government the State De- partinent at Washington has formally Tejected proposals to reafirm and amm- Plify these treaties. With the'formal refusal to renew these treaties, the United States- Government takes oc- casion to say -that German subjects residing in ‘the. United States may i@er theifiselves safe in tire event vear, ‘providea they do not, violate : the lws of, this land.. This led¥e on the: part of the mn government. may be taken ®¢ higher value than some of the ‘formal pledges of Germany. In the tween ‘the two nations Germany in this coun- lly protected. No harm licited by themselves, ds (Germany's desire to renew es of 1785, 1799 and 1825. ¥e on the part'of Germany Ambassador Gerard made to return tohis native us: §o ‘that the German had violated many of the of the treaties,' and ' the Proclamation ‘of January 31 ncing the Germian 1nt.ntlon of all ships in the barred zone , to the wind. So long as the stood in Germany’s way they ot be valid. 80 long as the > Offered ‘a means to satisfy d. The United States abso- lutely refuses to repair what Germany broken. Tt wd be manifestly unjust and ble to require one party to ement! to observe it stipula- to permit the other party them,” says’ Secretary nsl The particular articlg of the ¢ y, the one of 1828, continued ) from the treaty of 1799, would m the United States of all mtm against - depredations of /Gernun gmecu on this soll in the arson Mflont % much as an arrest, ‘under Mlnny The step of this ‘Bovernment is the best way: Since Germany mw fit to disregard whatever articles of the old 'treaties which worked against her interest, the Unit- ed States lllt 0 “business to allow further S, At the pame time the United Statesizovernment will do Rothing lu‘lu&"hl peace and security ot m sul on these shores Pprovided they m.l’..ln 4a peaceful.at- titude. There are almost one mlll\lon siubjects of the Kalser here, men and women who have not sworn allegiance to Uncle S8am, who have not taken out their naturalization papers, They may rest - llflu'd that the American Sovernment is blg and broadminded enough to' cafe for their interests and to guarantee them: continued life and happiness, 50 I &8 they violate no laws here. . 45 BE KIND TO ANIMALS. Setting aside a week 'for this and a Wweek for that is a distinctive Ameri- can custom. In the past two or three Y¥lars the movement hae 8rown to such mmmoqs that almost ments to ¢ertain objects. observances _ differ. . While in San Francisco the people might be celé- brating Rose Week, the people of New. Orleans might be in the midst of Wa- termelon Week. ©One of‘the latest affairs of this klnd is “Be Kind to Animals” week ' whith bids for ‘national ‘prominence. '‘This: Week 'is designated ay April 16:21. The Sunday after that,” April 22, will be observed i many places ax Humane Sunday. ' On this Sunday elerrm are requested t6 devote & whole or part of onec service to the subject of mnm 4o children and animals. Morp than 2,000 clertymen ohlerv'q this day last year.-: some other diy than 8 their Sabbath wlll adjust flu cflobuuon we- the entire’ year is given over ln weekly qllot.t—. In the vari-’ Ous parts of the country these weekly | day, is for the purpose of calling spe- cial attention to the importance: of providing: protéction and care for mal life. In many plices some spe- clal observance has been planned for each day of the week to center atten- tion ‘on the subject of' kindness. Some of the special days suggested are “Pet Animal Day,” *“Humane KEducation Day”, “Boy Scout Day”, “Bird Day", “Red Star Day”, and “Horse Day”. ‘The week ‘will culminate in. the ob- servdance of Humane Sundly. Aprfl 22. Clergymen, regardless of creed or faith, are asked to devote the whole or part of one service to the subject of child and animal protection. Last year the 576 anti-cruelty societies of ,the United Statep investigated cases of cruelty involvln( more than 215,000 children and 2,800,000 animals. They have in their employ, 1,038 men and 433 women. More than 24,000 people volunteered their services in handling the work of these sacietles. — FAOTS AND FANOIES, ‘We only thq weather powerp not to p.m.l:.xth, mercury to sink without mmwmkl yn Eagle. more successful than Henry Ford_ in getting the boys out of the trenches. —Exchange. When Torrington rejects a propcbed new charter for -the third time, either that city doesn’t want a change or ‘else it has not yet been offered what it desires.—Norwich Bulletin. The cost of living is so high that only an employe in a munition fac- tory can afford to lead a double life these days.—Don Madrquis in - New York Evening. Sun. ] / The balance of military losses which | caused such a big movement as’ t! and which have resuited from it we may not learn until after the war. Itp effect upon morale may be easily stat, ed. Nothing can hearten France, iike German retreat.—New York ‘World. Having reached the age of 83, Pres. ident Emeritus Charles W. Eliot, feels that it 1s about timie for him to give up his bicycle and resort to some othgr form of locomotion. It is mnot, however, intimated that he is think- ing of investing in a fiivver.—Spring- field Union. The champion American mneutral, according to Mrs. Gertude Atherton, is the editor of a small paper in Wwho at the beginning of the war announced that the absurd fracas would never be mentioned in his pa- per. He has kept his word.—Toronto Mail and Express. There is, no doubt, some sound strategic reason for the extensive German' retreat, but the exultant ex- planation of the Berlin press that they ‘“‘have left the French nothing to strike,” is not convincing. The Prive fighter who vaulted the ropes and fled to his dressing room might say the same thin -New York Sun. Canadian’ summer resort owners are already sending their literature for the season, claiming that American tourists will be shown every attention. They will probably- go to the extent of not hissing the American flag if the Americans will spend enou money at the rolom—htemn a J. ) Call. One of the Death Squad. If I.were one of a corps o' ten Piped out at the break o’ day, An’ 1 stood in line with my fellowmen As I heard the dead march play, An’ Ksaw a woman before the wall Face front to our slaughter line, I'd make dead sure that she wouldn’t . fall ¢ Fom any bullet o’ mine. I, that was bound by a solemn tie My emperor to obey, Would make right there*of my vow a lie, An’ never regret the day, They might drum me out o’ the ranks o' men An’ get me to herdin’ swine, But I'd know no woman had fallep when T shouldered this gun o’ mine. . I might snip a leaf off the topmost twig 4 Of the oak tree standin’ by, Or a waverin’ sort of & furfow dig In the church tower; loomin’ high. An’ a frightened crow miglt take to - wing As the mouth o' my rifle spu, But no woman’s breast should feel itp sting. E " For I'd make .dead sure o' that! —Edgar A. Guest in the Detroit Free Press. GARAGE THREATENED, T s Fire in Building Housing Southern N. E. Co. Automobfles, Quick work by Chief Robert M. Dame and members of Engine Co. No. 1 prevented serious damage at the sarage of the Soutliern New England _Telephone Company on Court street shortly before 8 o’clock last night when an automobile truck became ig- nited, supposedly from a cigar or cigarette and filling the building with smoke. There was only minor loss. Beveral automobiles are stored in the and considerable concern was felt untii the flames were under con- trol. Chemicals sufficed to check tlu flames. Engine Co. No. 2 was called to 84 Prospect street about 6 o'clock last night to attend to a chimney fire Chemicals proved sufficient to check the flames, N0 RIIUNIIUPS F ALIEN. RESIDENTS Gemanclfimsfllllothfn- Wl.lhin‘loll. March 27.—There will be no general internment of German citizens or German reservists resident in this country in the event of. war be- tween the United States and Ger- many, according to the present plans of the government. Both the war de- partment and department of justice will be on guard and ready to deal summarily with any outbreaks inspired by Gernfany, but a general roundup of Germans is regarded as both imprac- ticable and “impolitic. The govern- ment will interfere with the liberty of No one unless there is good reason to suspect him of disloyalty. Secretary of War Baker authorises the formal statement that “everybody of every nationality who conducts (himself with American law. will be free from official molestation, both now and in the future.” He declared that rumors that the department had /| plans for the internment of resident At all events, the kaiser has been: aliens had no foundation in fact. The department officials belleve that the autions now being taken will be suffie! to guard against serious uprisings out resorting to the sys- tem of shutting up the great number of German citizens in this country in detention ramps, a schemie which would not'only be highly = expensive, but which would also work great hard- 'ship on many innocent people. The administration has many times made it clear that it had no intention of re- sorting to reprisals in its treatment of ‘Germans in this country, and it is said that the government will make it plain that it is not losing its head in a wave of spy fever. Neither German :I:r Russian methods will be resorted It is known that the department of hig Justice hag utider surveillance at the capital, as well a8 in othef centers, prominent Germans who have been _under suspicion, and ' there doubtless ‘will be some arrests upon the outbreak of war, butiofficials here are inclined to discount wild stories of plots which ‘would ‘astuajly be a menace to the in- tegrity of the nation. The last two or three days here have seen the develop- ment of several genisational rumors in- volving three prgminent and well-to- do business men, one of German birth and the others of Germin descent, Who are American citizens. 2 According ‘to report around Wash- Ington, it was found that the principal man coficerned had built concrete foundatl for German siege guns on his coun estate outside the city, placed to enable them to demolish the capitol and disguised as fish ponds or similar landscape ‘gardening, and that a secret wireless outfit was found on his estate, with which he had. secured valuable information and conveyed it to the enemy. An officer of the secret service sald he had paid no attention to this and similar reports involving substantial citizens of German birth or descent. NEW FIRE WARNING, —— £ Automatic Sigmals May Be Placed at Street Corners, - Because of narrowly escaped -colli- sions recently hetween fire apparatus, private automobiles and -trolley cars. at street junctions following alarms, Chairman Edward G. Babcock and officials. of the fire department are considering the placing of automatic signals at the more important corners, Whether it will be a bell or com- pressed air horn is under considera- tion. Such procedure is followed in other cities. Chauffeurs of fire apparatus have complained recently of the indiffer- ence or recklessness of motormen lately, conduct that has nearly caused several collisions. The management of the Connecticut Company has given strict orders that motormen use every precaution in allowing apparatus the right of way. Superintendent Frank L. Beardsley has promised to co-oper- ate with the fire department officials and has asked that.any specific in- stances of negligence by motormen be reported to him. Em HOLLAND'S ATTITUDE. Barring of Armed Liner Was Under Royal Decree. The Hague, via London, March 27. —According to the - Niewe Courant Holland’s refusal to admit :meérchantmen to Dutch ports . is not ‘based upon the neutraMty proclama- tion of August, 1914, whereby bellig- erent warships and their equivalents were excluded from Dutch waters, but on the royal decree of July 80, 1914. Under its decree any warship or other armed vessel belonging to a belliger- ent nation which enters Dutch waters shall be lmm«htn!y ordered to de- part, The Courant claims that decree also justifies the treatment of the British steamer Princess Melita in regard to which the German press has accused Holland of a breach of neutrality. . The British ' armed merchantman Princess. Melita. was held up outside Rotterdam' early in March ‘and was only allowed to enter the port after she had thrvwn her ‘stern gun over- board. The German newspapers in- sisted that the ship should have been interned, as were two German sub- marines which were stranded on the Dutch coast at the same time. NEW HAMPSHIRE PRD’ABEE. Concord, March 27.—Governor Keyes today appolfited a committee on public safety consisting of 100 citi- zens to co-operate with, the civil and military authorities in the work of preparations. The committee includes the mayors of all the cities and the editors of pflnel’nl uwmpon. armed BABIIIIIII( PLANNING CROOKS® EXHIBIT Hopes to Arouse lore Interest in Work of Police For the purpose of arousing more general interest on-the part of the Pubdlic generally in the work and de- velopment of New Britain police de- partment, as well as to stimulate add- od enthusiasm among the regular and supernumerary policemen thémselves in the usé of regulation revolvers and the target ‘tournament that is sched- uled to open April 2, Chairman Ed-/| ward ‘G. Babcock of the safety board has arranged for one of the most ex- tensive exhibits of equipment used by criminalg and representatives of the law ever collected in this city. He plans to have the exhibit at the show windows of the Dickinson Drug Com- pany at 169-179 Main- street, beginning the last of this week. Many souvenirs, revolvers, dirks and burglars’ kits will be: shown, many of them 'connected with some of the biggest criminal acts recorded in the annals of the local de- partment. Police equipment, revol- vers, handcuffs, billies, electric search lights, etc., will be shown from the rtment, practically out of exist- just now'as far as being able to : this type {s concerned, pecause of r. only will'valuable prizes be of- fered in the tournament but, from the members getting the t scores, a team, representing the local depart- ment, will be selected and a challenge. issued to other departments of the state, especially Hartford. ' Chairman Babcock, especially because of.the lik- lihood of trouble resultant of the war, is firmly convinced that the police- men of the city should .be experts in the use of revolvers. ‘Both police and fire demrtmenu will be represented by baseball teams this season. It is planned tg have an inter-department series of games, as well as with similar departments in other cities. Fireman John Souney of Engine Co. No. 3 will lead his_ col- leagues while Supernumerary Police- man _William Souney will captain the police team. A call for candidates will be issned soon. VISIT TO THE MILK STATION REAL TREAT Rooms in Boys’ Club Building' Well Equipped to-Carry on ‘Work. (Contributed.) If any mother, rich or poer, who u % interested in the Milk station will take a few moments of her time and visit it, she will feel herself than re- paid for her trouble. New quarters have been opened in the Boys’ club building, on ) corner of East Main and Center st These rooms are being d have been made very attractive and clean in their new coat of white paint. On entering we find ourselvesy the 'office of the nurse, Miss O’ who is always ready to give advice free to mothers, concerning them- selves or their babies. %] In one corner we notice the scales where the babies are weighed once a week. A Opening out of thla room is tg kitchen. A good sized refrigerator ITALY PREPARED TO RESIST OFFENSIVE mmAmh Try to Push Him Out of Ocoupied Territory. Rome, ' March: 27, Via . Paris.—A great Austro-German offénsive on. the Italian front is being freely: predicted throughout Italy. Information reaching the Italian . press from Switzerland has convinced the news- papers tht such a campaign has been Dll-llned By the Central Powers for this ‘spring. There is no. uneasiness, 'apmr. However,. but a_general con- fidence ‘that Italy is fully m nd un any blow. against her. 5 dorna is quoted by the - 4 governor an territory: ”;‘Whemer they co e s ng on the principle t ey 3 lmd"t: torce. p! am’ gonscious of hav- ing neglected nothing that' lllt ex- Peérience miy have taught, ‘-fll certain of having at my magnificent army, "full of;energy lnd faith and strengthened rather ' than ‘worn by war. ‘with strict impartiality, chiefs possess- in' the greatest aptitude torr their "me first element of. uuco@ is the active faith of the nation fn = itself. For the army to resist, the' whose every feeling is refl army, must respond also. in itself and will- has O viect GENSUS WORKERS ARE BADLY NEEDER Public Spirited Gitizens Urged to{zzen Goer Stes in Neghorhod Through an unfortunate combina- tion of circumstances . the military census of the city of New Britain has reached a stalemate after the collec- tion of about 18,000 blanks and unless a number of. viounteers immediately ‘put their shoulders to the wheel this city will not have accomplished duty to. the state and the census ¥ complete on the streets that they have ‘taken out. .Unfortunately, however, remajning be canvassed for which the assign- ments have not been taken gnd which the bureau is unable to take through I have put at'its head, ton" greater had 1t not m’afln‘ was in ehw its own agents. . These streets should |- be covered at once by as many vqltu- teers as can be obtained. If there is a resident of any mll lar street who would duty to take charge of the Wfl his neighborhood the census bureau | would be deeply obliged ‘to have him | call’in and' receive assignment cards| | for the individuals in' his neighbor-: hood who have not yet signed.a blank. | It will be unnecessary to see veryone: ‘but only the ones whose names have bnn ‘listed for the volunteers benefit. < The following stréets in.. un- ‘canvassed and assignment may be obtained at the.census bureau of- fice in city hall between 9 apd 12 and 1:30 and 5:30, It is urged that any- one wlll.lu will immediately procure cards. The streets are as follows; Aldfl. Ann, Andrews, Atlantic. Broad, Burritt, Brook, Bemy, Clark, Chestnut, Church. one corner holds the milk. The nurse | teaches the mother the importance of cleanliness in -preparing the milk, in the care of the bottles, and in the] dressing of the baby. The rest room which is a new featyre, is good sized, sunny bright. This will be used for the sick babies, where they can be watched and cared for by the nurse. Each child will' hyve its own crib. A plan is now underway, that during the summer to have a place which can be fitted up in the yard with ham- mocks faor the sick babies, they can be left here and better care given them than in the crowded tenement It is hoped that the mothers of our city will bring their little ones to this child welfare headquarters, where the best of milk can be bought for a smai} sum and the best of advice given free. Many cities and towns in Connecti- cut made special effort along the line of baby-saving last year. Some started late and did not accomplish as much 88 they desired, but these and many more will .take up the work again this year. What is still more encouraging is the fact that Is becoming generally realized that babies can be safred all the year round. Summer conditions are more deadly but thousands die of pneumonia and other winter diseases which could to'a great extent be pre- vented. Out of every thousand babies born, over a hundred during the first year of life, fifty of this hundred die because of gross neglect, carelessness or ignorance. It has been demonstrat-. ed by certain cities in this country that these fifty children can_be saved. Such being the case is it not our duty as individuals and as a community to do all we can to protect and save the helpless infants? Organized effort, & co-operating public. .and sufficient funds.. May we not have the assist- ance in one way or another? The sum of $2,000 is needed to carry on the work for the coming year. No amount i8 too small to be received. It 1is earnestly hoped that the response will be as generous this year as last. s The experiment of maintaining the Milk Station throughout the year has | proven a marked success in the ade- quate quarters which have been pro- vided by the Boys" club. organization. More educational and preventive work: ‘can now be accomplished. As the work. is supported wholly by voluntary contributions, we earnestly solicit a renewal of your subscription for the current year. same to the Treasuper—Mi; Whittlesey;* 379 West: Main Farmington, lin Square, Fairview, Florence, First. Grove, Gold, Glen, Gilbert, High Hunmrd . avenue, road, Jubilee, Judd. Kensington. Latayette, Liluc, Laurel, Linden, Locust, Logan, Lyons, Lee, Lyman, Lawlor, Laselle. * Main, Market, Myrtle, Milk, Mill, Miller, Madison, MoClintock road, Rockville avenue, Riehnenl. Rent- | schler avenue. .Stanley, Seymour, Smith, ' Smalley, Shuttle Meadow, Silver, !Drl_l’, Sun- rise, Short - Tremont, Trinty. Union. 2 ‘Washington, Willow, Wintar, Win- throp, Wallace, West, Wilson. Wood- land, Warlock, Wolcott, - Webster, Wilcox, Wellington, Walsh, . West Pearl. e A PASS OIVID SERVICE EXAMS. Before the civil service: commission, at its meeting last night, . Willlam Frey and Bdward J. Co passed examination for appoin! it to -~ thel fire departmeént and Th Cully, John Koylowski and ‘Joseph Pac were successful in the examinations for ap- pointment. as supernumerary police- men. Cully ‘successfuly passed the examination ifor appointment -to the fire departmeht some time ago but decided that he preferred a police ap- dointment. Two applicants for ap- ‘pointment as regular policemen were examined but the results have not been determined. Report of the commission will be presented .to thé safety board at its meeting tonight and appointments are expected. SUES FOR OOLLISION DAMAGE, Claiming damages of $100 as a re-| sult of an automobife collision on New Britain avenue in West Hartford about a month ago, Anton . Ulinski, through Attorney M. D, Saxe, has brought suit against Mrs. Martin Wells of Hartford. It is contended Mrs. Wells was entirely for the collision. The papers Were served by Deputy Sheriff A. P. Marsh. and are returnable in New. Philadelphia, March 2! of the crews of dash for liberty last All but two of them were © Greenwood, |- . belief that the two men, Chorth and Hei Schroder, . chinists’ mate, . ’:4 m.“ ‘good. ¢ escape. - Descriptions them: sent broadcast by:Lieutenant 'I‘nfl f the waters surpoundi ?nent mfion tailed ta reveal 1] bodies, " 24 hours into & §I ance which is tarjo. It will probably pase: St. 'Lawrence valley tonight, causing cloudy aad rainy the eastern portion of Mhu and on the 'Atlantic coast., . Alabama, and storms were repdrted tricts. There has been a W in temperature Wun % Mountains and the Mississipipl river. Conditions favor for . this' viciss cloudy and’ ralny weather. by. clearing and colder on Wed ber of New York profes to give the entertainment those who will appear are