New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 30, 1917, Page 14

|| SHELLS INABEUUATE Armj Mea Thought, 13,000 ! 363 Mam St. Over Harvey & Lewis Store Hartford Day Sullcent , EXTRA A’l‘TRACTIVE VALUES IN Paris, March 30.—It was not until the Battle of the Marne was at its height when war munitons were run- ning low that the French government reéalized the imperious mneed of an in- tense production.of war material, ac- rding to statements made by Albert gwmu. minister of munitions, in the chamber of deputies. M. Thomas was speaking in reply to criticisms of_ the conditions under which war material had been supplied to the Firénoh army. ‘From. his wertlonl. it appears that ‘the' French war department had esti- mated ‘before the war that it would '3 necessary for state arsenals to pro- Trlmmed Hats 1 : e > ould be short, no provision whatever The Hats ‘which réficct the fast: word Vs fomae or”cho Troduerion ot ex- i Easter‘Fashion.” ‘Our displays - are: ™ When 1t was discovered, during the “brilliant and complete . in -every: de Hhttla of e Jarue;; that his et " The new and dcsmblb'sh ) 5*‘!16 sm ::::djv 't.h::"ml;l.:::r c}:‘:vnarl:. sum: :shapes and the best Stt#ws: The trim- moned to Bordeaux the heads of all gings are exclusive, ~truly . beautiful. e ot e o ey rices start ‘at $1.98 and up to $25.00. _Ladies’ Coats with newest creations. very popular) in all colors;. also Velours, Popli alsoSkirtxinfuflcypluda,m SilhandClotllq. able and ogpnlzed them into groups |1 for rapid production of 3-inch shells. Neither the government nor . the manufacturers had then any basis for l| figuring the costs. The exceptional conditions and the great need of im- mediately replenishing the supply, M. Thomas sald accounted for the ab- norma) prices ‘and for the fabulous profits reaped by the manufacturers. Three-inch shells at that time cost the sovernment fifteen francs each. To- day they are purchased at prices ranging from six francs and fifty cen- times to seven francs and fifty cen- times. The French war department has placed 64,000 contracts for artillery, projectiles and -explosives -lnca , Sep- tember, 1914, M. Thomas said. * All munitions-producing plants in France, he added, have been under the con- trol of the state from the beginning. Replying to deputies who demanded that all industries able to contribute to the national defense should be requisitioned bA the government, M. Thomas declared that this would cause disorganization. He accepted a ‘proposal for a regime under which Each Hat ln this showmg is carefullyX : ‘?t throughout and shown in g/d apes that will win your “ praise for Peing so different. Shapes in- clude Sailors, urbans, Tricones, Side Rolls, Droo;nw} Efi'ects, Rolling Brims, etc. Colors, White, Pearl Gray, Brown, i g My ‘l::nvry;dPin Rose,’ Copenhagen and Gol- is showing all the. in/S'uits for neat drnsd's.. Al Foliage 10¢ a Bunch Reltd-Back and Doble-Bressted ss well s ct your Trimmings from this| True to Nature—this Foliage is reall ale display. . Everything the fash- |beautiful. Only 10c a- bunch — full 4 st o \woman desires is here in |Sprays of Nature’s own green.” Thous- [l hare in the profts of thess indus: nt and the most .reason ands of Sprays to go round to all—special . S il le prices prevail. 10c.a -bunch. s s Fouiivids’ Wikce, Bepbembar: No Bas plotted against and against the coun- of. ethema | their Attican and Boeotian Ahanm i began to flock into tawn, each carry- ERY CO., w-f_r e lleed that the'w rd ‘anathema” ap- pears in the rrent Greek-English conversation books, under the heading of common ‘yllgioua terms.” Nor is 3 tttbp first le. that Venizelos, has g tized, According to b who worked simul- th Venizelos for the free- the ceremony was pro- st Venizelos by the twenty years ago> o nt occasion the cere- monles ‘have been more widespread. Few villages now remain in Old anethema against t been pronoumced, of the days when deserted the Athen- lans for their n enemies some twenty-three centuries ago, Wwas stoned In spirit sfter his departure. In each instance. clergy of the @reek church ha t only sanction- ed but taken part e ceremonies, The first of this series of anathemas against Venizelos was pronounced in Athens.. The spot setifor. the cere- mony was the immense: mnilitary exer- clse fields. of the Mn of Athens. The government ly forbade the ceremony the day before, fearing dis- turbances, and it was thou.ln. that the ceremony; would be abandoned. At daybreak, however,. peasants from farms ing a stone from his éwn soil tucked cenmony is by no away among the accordean pleats of ithe white -un. that the Greek peasants ‘wear upon ogeasions of cere- mony. Many brought their wives and children, the women all carrying their !mu-ny their; ehil- By noon the strests of the capital ‘witnessed an umen on of peasants and poorer bljt bound in the direction of the Kypselis' quarter where the exercise fleld 1is’ located. On the Patissia road, which leads ta the fleld, a house was in process of construction and piles of stones were in the yard to be -used in buflding. As the peoplé passed, those who had forgotten to bring stones took each one from this pile. In g quarter of an hour but one was left. The building contractor who had been trying in vain to pratect his property shrugged his shoulders, hoisted the remaining rock onto his back and joined the march, to pronounce an anathema of his own—partly against Venizelos but probably partly also against those who had stripped i| his yard. Immediately following luncheon, the wealthier Athenians bégan to ap- pear in carriages, On the seat of esich smart turnout was a small stone and each coachman had one for him- 3 '} goif hidden between his feet. Ladies of the best Greek society clutched in ‘white-gioved hands a vanity box—and a rock. - The Archbishop of Athens in full canouicals drove in & carriage which was followed by a proocession bearing 'the mem- | .‘b-'-' “?fl?::‘“ Synod of the Greek cost of all in-}church. As m pasied increase) we | through the crowd; the men un- cavered and all bowed their heads to receive the blessings of the priests. In one carringe the venérable bishops of Corytsa and Larisss .gat together, 863 MA]N ST. gentle old men with whitening beards, Who raised their hands constantly in a sign of the cross above the people crowding against' the wheels of the vehicle. Blessings First, Then Stones, Finally, the carriages could go no turther; the crowd was . too dense. The aged priests dismounted, the people pushing back to make a path for' them. As each prelate stepped from his carriage, the hand that had been distributing blessings fumbled under the flowing black gown and drew from its folds a stone to cast upon the pile being erected to the anger of the Greeks against their former favorite, Venizelos. The pile of stones of which each man had cast ont, pronouncing at the same time the words “Katara kat anathema” (curses and anathema) was already higher than a man’s head when the Archbishop mounted it. st-ndlng well above the crowd, he pronounced the stigma of the church: “Accurseed be Eliphtherios Venizelos who has imprisoned priests "and plotted against the royal house and the country!” He!cast his stone an the pile at his feet. At the same instant, 80,000 men, women and chil- dren raised both hands, palms front, fingers widespread as if flinging some- thing from them and cried with one voice: ‘“Anathema!” ~An old; old woman, bent with years and a rock as big/as her head which The carried on her shoulder, made her way at last to the edge of the pile and cast her &tone. We made Venizelos prime minis- ot sgtisfied to remaln prime wanted to becomie king. As she turned to go, she came face to face with the archbishop. She fell on her knees before him. He made the cign of the cross above her head and passed on. R a2 GREAT REJOICING BY RHEUMATIC GRIPPLES It So Cwippled You Can’t Use Arms or Legs Rheuma Will Help You or Npthing to Pay. If you want relief in two days, swift, certain, gratifying relief, take one-half teaspoonful of Rheuma once & day, ° If you want to dissolve every par- ticle of uric acid poison in your body and drive it out through the natural | channels so that you will be forever free from rheumatism, get a 50-cént bottle from Rheuma from Clark , & Brainerd Co. or any druggist today. Rheumatism is a powerful disease strongly entrenched in joints and mus- cles. In order to conquer it a power- ful enemy must be sent against it. Rheuma is th:h:n-r& rheumatigm —an enemy t coqu’ it evddy tme.. % g Judge John Barhorst ot Ft. Lors. e, Ohig, knows it. He was walk- Ifn?enntch today he is well. id do as much for you, it sel- 1914, and has enlarged eighteen oth- ers, it developed in the debate. POLITICAL FIGHT AGAINST TERANCH Constitutional Govt. in Japan Hangs in Balance Tokio, March 30.—The general elec- tion to be held April 20 undoubtedly will be one of the most important in the history of Japan for the essence of constitutional government is in- volved. Field Marshal Count Terau- chi, the prime minister, and his chief lieutenant, Baron Shimpei Goto, Ja- pan’s energetic home minister, have made clear their conception of the issue. It is ‘their determination not to bow to the will of a ‘“tyrannical majority” in the house of representa- tives. Count Terauchi dissolved the house in January when the magority constitutional party backed a resolu- tion of want of confldence in the min- istry. - The groups hostile to Terauchi ac- cuse him of violating the spirit of -the. comstitution, promulgated by the late Emperor Mutsuhito. They insist that the political parties shall have some volce in the affairs of the em- pire and that Terauchi’s non-party cabinet represents inacceptable retro- gression. It is now believed that the cabinet, seeing the practicability -of party af- fitiation in house, will nuk a 'rorkln a ment with Qyu. 4 wh controlled 110 seats'in tbe' dld houss. Count Terauchl and hig friends probahly will strive for the election of an independent group to ‘beicontrolled ‘by him and, by uniting this group with the Seiyukal, seek to obtain a majority. The Marquis Okuma, head of the t cabinet, is ' quoted as saying: 'Not only two-thirds of the house but the whole nation is opposed to the Terauchi administration. Even among Peers there is an undercurrent of. hos- tility. The situation has aroused the indignation of the empire.” CHINESE AS ATHLETES. Tien-Tsin, March 30.—Twenty-five Chinese Athletes will participate in the Far Eastern Olympic games to_be held in Tokio on May 8. The par- ticipants are to be selected at a final meét to be held in- Tien-tsin about April 2§. Teams form Tsing Hau college, the institution at Peking ese| tablished with the Boxer indemnity refunded to China by the United States government, Pieyang University at Tein-tsin, Peking University and St. John’s University at Shanghat, will compete in the final trial TO REBUILD RMEIMS. Rhelms, France, March 30.—The contractors of Rheims" and tativés of all the bullding trades are organizing a mutual and co- operative society with a view to be- giining the rebutlding of the city as soon as the German artillery is pushed back out of range. GERMAN AIRPLANES BECOME SUPERIOR Many Modeled After British and French Machine:! ¢ . London, March 30.—The ‘superior- ity of the English and French aircraft, which was frequently assérted in offi- p tements from entente side jar, is less profieginced this year, o the sh correspon- ents at’the.-front. This is due to the appeéarance ‘of several new types of German machines, chiefly modeled, it is sald, on French and British de- signs, and known as the Albatros, Halberstadt, Ago, Roland, and the new Fokker. The majority of them have fixed cylinder engines, giving about 160 to 200 horsepower. A few retain the rotary engines with which the Ger- mans achieved some success in the Fokker two years ago, but these ro- tary engines are seldom of more than 130 horsepower. The new German machifies have a speed . of about 120 miles an hour, but their chief feature is their ability for climbing. Ordinarily they fre- quent the 14,000 foot levels, and they have been observed on picket duty as high as 20,000 feet.: The latest Ger- man order for airplane engines is saild to have specifications designed to give their machines a radius of action up to:at least 30,000 feet. Meanwhile the British Air service is putting forth strenuous exertions to keep ahead of its rival. Only in part is this a question of ‘planes and en- gines. It also evolves the problems of more skilful pilots, and in this di- rectfon of tfiining the British service bhas expanded extraordinarily. After a class ‘of military aviators have passed through their training on the slower types of machines, those who show special’s titude are passed on to the ‘“scou schools,” where they are given a spe- cial course in what is commonly called “aerobatics,” which involves the use of the highest ‘hahdling them aerol "as is necessary in: air with their puplll. armed cameras instead of guns. Then there are the postigradua aerial gunnery schoole, The most, pert pilot in the world is ubeléss oughly understand his for a perfect fiyer with a jammed. gumnt is of little use against a . me: moderate pilot who is a crack sl a real gun master. A combinati the two is the desideratum, example, in the case of a young recently mentioned in ' despaf March 30—The 1,000, lw of 1917, if regarded loan wipes . out .IM outstanding floating dam. the government a-clean. slath "the issue of further u‘hcrt ear soON " imcluding the -conversion of ex- ‘bonids and of the ¢ 1-3. sent: ‘war loan, in addition to th mon: m«. the total capial of the ; -reaches around l.ll‘.%b. < whose engine stopped dead &t a ' ing nttncked by two German aero- planes. Despite this loss cof motive power, forcing him to d stantly, he ‘shot down one enemy ma- chine, drove the - other' away, and glided into his own lines unw The work of the aviator has highly specialized in the course of tha last twelve months. At the British aviation camps along the front in France, there are separate squadrons of machines for reconnaissance, in- fantry contact, photography, . artile lery-spotting, and bomb dropping and, in almost every instance, squads of these.machines may only accomplish their duties successfully when they are protected from enemy attack by machines of a type comparable to the torpedo-boat destroyers of a naval fleet. For these ‘destroyer machines”, high speed, high-climbing ability, and high fighting and manoeuvring power are essefitial. BSome of the newer British machinies of this type are said to show a speed of over 150 miles an hour. MEDAL FOR Ammcwnn London, March 30.—The Royal Gold medal for distinctton in archi- tecture will be awarded this year for the second time in its history to a Frenchman, M. Paul Heari® Nénot, Who has been selected for the hanor, is 64 years old. He is a member off’ ;0t/| the French Institute and for : ‘been In charge of all France's and eivil buildings. ‘I8 to be seen in most important towns, and his most important tectural task was the 0