New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 7, 1917, Page 5

CORBIN GARAGE 123 Chestnut Street, New Britain, Conn. Full machine shops equipment for all kinds of machine work. g FACILITIES UNEXCELLED. AUTOMOBILES OVERHAULED. CARBON BURNT OUT. 5 SCREW MACHINE WORK. " GRINDING OUT CYLINDERS A’ SPECIALTY. FORD cylinders ground out—oversize pistons and rings fitted complete with wrist pins and bushings $16.00. STORAGE AND SUPPLIES OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. times as much — use Smith Get full re 'NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY,.APRIL 7, 1017, SAVES $18,000,000 ON STEEL ORDER United States Also Secures Tor- pedoes at Less Than Bid ‘Washington, D, C., April 7.—A sav- ing of $18,000,000 in the navy's bill for steel during 1917, and more than $2,000,000 in a single order for tor- pedoes, is represented in price agree- ments effected with the manufac- turers by Secretary Danlels, The schedule of prices for the year’s l supply of steel agreed on at a corfer- ence between the secretary and J. A. Farrell, president of the United States Steel Corporation, is the same the navy paild for its 1916 consignment, and considerably below the current market. Details of the amount or exact prices were not made public. In the case of the torpedo order, Mr. Daniels brought the manufactur- ing concern—the E. W. Bliss company of Brooklyn—to terms by invaking several days ago for the first time the new law authorizing the government to set a reasonable price for navy ma- terial and compel private plants® to abide by that price. g Mr. Farrell acted in the steel price negotiations as vice chairman of the speclal committee of the American Iron and Steel Institute, recently ap- pointed by the Council of National Defense to facilitate the obtaining of construction material. Secrctary’s Statement. After the. conference Secretary Daniels issued the followirig state- ment: ? “An agreement was reached with Tespect to'prices for material for the shipbulldnig program of the navy and additions to the naval stations. This agreement provides that there is to be no increase in prices over those paid for material used in the 1916 naval '} program. ' These prices are substan- ck gets four times the value out of every ‘dollar you spepd when you compare it with h WD Service. It hauls twice the tonnage horses can times the area——and in the It costs you nothing in non- m even when 1t is work- “in" 451 lines ‘of business have roved this for you. Among them are many ', of the largest corporations in the country: mw u can now use Smith- Form-a-Truck Maxwell, Buick, Chevrolet, Dodge Brothers Overland power plants. . ; .veal money in your hauling by wsing ' JOHN PINCHES & SONS 62 CHESTNUT ST., NEW BRITAIN, CONN. tially lower than current market prices, and it is estimated that they involve a ‘saving of ' approximately $18,000,000 on the' tonnage required for 1917 over the prevailing prices.”, Through voluntary agreements pre- viously effected avith copper, brass, munitions, shipbuilding and other concern: department already has saved sented in yesterday’s steel and torpedo agreements, Except in ot “] necessity, Secretary Daniels will not invoke the new law permitting seizure of plants not offering to turn out’sup- plies at a reasonable price. X Although officials permitted it to become known several days ago. that the government had exerted its new authority to ' prevent: exorbitant war profits, it was ‘'not announced then ‘aseinst what company the action was taken. Navy Sets Price. The department first asked, it was said, that the Bliss company reduce it torpedo bids, and when it was found that a reduction of $300 a tor- pedo was the best that could be ob- tained by negotiation, Mr. Daniels ordered .the Ordnance Bureau to de- termine the cost of ‘production and add a reasonable profit, thus fixing a fair price. The Bureau fixed a price of $1,678 a torpedo under the original bid submitted, and the secretary in- formed the Bliss company that it would be required to fill the order promptly at the new The rep- resentatives of the com; informed the secretary that they would gladly accept the order on the new basis and would spesd the manufacture. i “The result of invoking this new provision of the naval bill,” Mr. Daniels said, ‘has saved the depart- ment $3,193,696 on one order. We expect all munition makers to furnish the government what it mneeds at prices which investigation shows be reasonable, so that it will not. be. necessary to take over any plants.” LEY GARAGE HARDWARER FOR YOUR GARAGE WHETHER you are planning to build a new garage or are just dissatis- fied with the fittings on your present one, you will be mighty interest- ed in seeing samples of the shipment of Stanley Garage Hardware we have * just received and which we are displaying this week in our window. ABBE HARDWARE CO. times the amount repre- |’ | ALL RADIO PLANTS T0 BE TAKEN OVER President Authorizes Seizure of Stations All Over Country Washington, D. C., April 7.—Selzure of all radio stations in the United States and its possessions, operation of those needed for maval communica- tions and closing of others has been authorized by President Wilson. Enforcement of the order was del- egated to Secretary Deniels, and pre- liminary steps toward carrying it out already are in progress. It is under- stood that all plants for which no place can be found in the: navy's wireless system, including amateur apparatus, for which close search will be' made, are to be put out of com- mission immediately. The president’s order says: i \ “Whereas, it is necessary to operate ceftain radio stations for radio com- munication by the government and to | closé other radio stations not :: :;tper; ated, to insure the proper cenduct of the war agalnst the Imperial German government and the successful term- ination thereof; “Now, therefore it is ordered by virtue of authority vested in me by the act to regulate radio communica- tion, approved August 13, 1912, that such radio stations within the jyris- diction of -the United States as re- quired for naval communications shall be taken over by the government of the United States and used afid con- trolled by it, to the exclusion of any other control or use, and, further- more, that all radio stations not.n essary to thé government of tI United States for naval communica- tions may be clased for radio com- munication. “The enforcement of this order is hereby delegated to the secretary of the navy, whé is authorized and di- rected to take such ‘action in the premises as to him ma yappear neces- COALITION CABINET URGED IN SENATE Proposal Tor War Board of Non- Partisan - Gomplexion ! ‘Washingten, April 7.—The appoint- ment of a coalition cabinet to- em- brace both democrats and republi- cans was urged by Senator Willlam Alden Smith, republican, of Michigan, in the senate yesterday. In declaring that the citizens of Michigan were hack of the: president in the conduct of the war, he said it should not be a partisan war and declared that the president would find many men in the, republican ranks for the cabinet or for any other purpose. The president, Senator Smith said, could call upon Senator Lodge, whom he described as “fit to be the premier in any cabinet in the world,” or Sena- tor Knox,” an experienced and able lawyer.” He also suggested William Howard Taft as ‘“calm, able and pru- dent.” He. saild President K McKinley during the war with Spain had called rvice men of all political parties. enceforth ‘with me, politics to the said Senator Smith. “Faction- alism, discord and sectionalism will be unknown in my heart and mind. If I'know the high character and pur- pose of the president he will know no party, no faction of his countrymen, in this trying time.” « ‘A non-partisan committeé, to be known officially as “‘the, Commitiee of the Conduct of the War,” is being definitely considered by the members of the house of representatives, espe- cially in case there are no. immediate indications of changes in the cabinet. This has been brought by the after- math of discussion of the war resolu- ‘tion. Party lines were broken down completely in the vote for war. Demo- crats and republicans who favored the declaration are apparently convinced that such a committee would facili- tate greatly the progress of war leg- Islation. ‘War Steering Committee. In a general way the functions of this committee, as suggested by vari- oug house members, will be to act as a sort of “war steering committee,” just as there are now steering com- mittees for legislation of a purely par- tisan nature. -Its duties would include a canvass of the sentiment of the house on the particular bill to be taken up, to find the objections to it, discuss procedure, and in general to smooth out difficulties in advance of debate, so that a united front may be Presented to the world. A second task suggested for the committee is to act as a go-between from the legislative to the executive branches of the government. For in- stance, it was said that such a com- mittee might prove helpful in secur- ing a compromise between conscrip- tion and the volunteer system of rais- ing an army, acute objections to which were raised today. The possible need for such a com- mittee was made evident through the disclosure that the reference of the war budget of $3,500,000,000 to the appropriations committee instead of the military affairs committee is dis- approved of by some of the members ‘of the latter committee. ¢ Just such complications as this may arise with reference to other war legis- lation, it wag indicated. The question may arise between the foreign affairs committee and the judiciary commit- tee in connection with espionage bills, Some of these measures have been re- ported to the house by the judiciary committee, while at the same time the foreign affairs committee hae charge of other bills of the same general na- ture on which they are preparing t make report. g, INSPIRING EASTER MUSIC AT THE 'MUSICAL VESPERS, SUNDAY, 430 P. M. § SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH N The Public Cordially Invited Shiny paint, new tires, tanksfilled with oxylg:;dt’gn are no use unless your battery 1s in shape to put the D ¥ - spark of life into your motor. - If you have not already had your battery tuned up for the season; see us right away. Now is the time to prevent battery troubles dur- ing the coming scason. We have a rental battery for your use if yours needs repairs. et : While you’re here, ask us for your Willard Serv- ice Card. Wl"dl‘ SERVICE STATION : NEW HAVEN 105 Arch Street TEL. 1730 HARTFORD - : MERIDEN The Fuller StorageBattery Co., Inc. On Tap or in Bottles. ) Y : Tradew— -AIE‘-‘:;M]&F‘!' ‘ The w Fischer Brewery, Coanecticut's Leading Brewers. 4 /i [ ON TAP AT LOUIS W. FODT, HOTE L BELOIN, KEEVERS & CO., HER= MANN SOHMARR, W. J. McOARTHY, WHITE & OO, ,