New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 10, 1917, Page 10

EARS WAR DRAIN, [TRY T0 PATCH 0 URGE ECONOMY ayor Advocates Reduction of [ Proposed Tax Rate f 'With the country plunged into war hd no idea of what the future may pld forth, Mayor Quigley thinks that r the welfare of the city the time s now arrived for New Britain to ponomize and at the special meet- g of the common council tomorrow fening he will inform the members at, in his opinion, the city should jit down (the estimates so that the X rats r the coming year will be mxgfihan 20 mills, and prefer- [Bly thé'shme as last year, 19.6. Ho 1 also tell the council, he states, % he expects to appear before the meeting and advocate this civic onomy to the people. Today Mayor Quigley is carefully oing over the budget, attempting to Ind just what items can possibly .be 'onomized upon and when he finishes ie feels that he will be able to rec- mmend some changes that will re- Uce the tax rate. Although the aayor realizes that to cut anything rom the budget means a lack of omething that the city needs, he also ealizes that economy can be adopted N some ftems and these are the items e wil] recommend cut. In taking this stand for economy jie mayor feels that in view of exivi- ing circumstances he is justified. In statement today he called attention the fact that the people do not now what hard times the future may old in store for them. War is al- 'aye costly and a long continued war exhaustive. He realizes that with he present high cost of living, and th possible war taxes to come, there many New Britain people, men ith large families, who would be ut- erly unable to pay a high tax rate nd also be burdened with these addi- Hlonal taxes and in fairness to them recommends economy. “Even as jndividuale will have to practice econ- my, so will the city and now is the jime to begin,” stated the mayor. At the special council meeting to- Jnorrow night the mayor will ask that jin ordinance be drafted to empower fhe vesting of police powers upon the ity Guard when doing duty. ER PROTECTION IS ASSURED PUBLIC Crossings Will Be Watched More Carefolly and Dangerous i i Following a confl ight Agent J, B, Ci uigley has been ble effort will be miado |Crease the efficiency of mfie pro- tection at the Park, Chestnut and [Church street railroad }|” Numerous complaints have reached the ears of the. mayor regard- Fling the service at thc Park, Chest- (inut and Cburch sntreet’ crossing: (|land he has been assured by the rail- road official that these matters will j'be taken up immediately. The rame holds true of the Curtis street cross- |} ing, which after midnight is particu- Jarly dangerous for thc fire depart- ! ment. | Another rafety first move has heen [V brought about by the co-operation of | Mayor Quigley and Manager ¥. L. | Beardsley of the Connecticut com- pany. Of late there has heen reveral instances when flre department ap- { paratus 2nd trolley cars havo barely | jescaped collision at the corner of Grove and Myrtle streets and it is to remove this danger that the two officials have been working. The new scheme is that the trolley car shall stop before rounding this corner, when the fire alarm Tings. 2nd the conductor run ahead to make sure that the road is clear. PUBLIOC WORKS MEETING. { Routine Eusiness §s Discussed at Spe- cial Session. The board of public works at a spe- cial meeting held yesterday afternoon, transacted a number of important matters. Chairman E. N. Humphrey presided. P. 8. McMahon petitioned { the board for permission to erect a | glass canopy over the entrance to the Fiotel Bromson. The canopy would be of proportions which are not gov- erned by the ordinances and the board voted to have thespetitioner seek per- mission of the common council to do the work. The opinion of the corporation counsel will be sought in regard to the petition of the United Electric Light and Water company for permission to erect sixteen poles on city property’ near Berlin. Superintendent A. Buol of the New i| Britain Machine company, brought the attention of the board to the need ) of a hydrant on Bigelow street, and it was voted to take the matter up with the water commissioners. The petition of Cooley & Troup for fssion to erect & temporary sign &t ¢ Main street was referred to the city enxineer. Owins to the new restricted traf- | flo districts along Main street, it was wvoted to remove three hitching posts from in front of Crowell's drug store, J. M. Halloran’s and Rapelye's stores. Pormission hes been granted John Sxritulsky to remove two trees from §n front of his property on East Main * rtreet. A petition rireet to have from residents of Wolcott the street placed In \ resentable condition was referred to 5 meeting to be held later. A hear- 4ne wae ordered on the petition for tha extension of the Monroe street s \westerly to Madison street. Per- r ,n wns granted the Connecticut c~mpans to re-locate several poles on Jlartford avenue. TRUCE WITH RUSSIA Germans Confident of Peace Mis- sion on Eastern Front Copenhagen, April 10, via London. In the midst of the interest in Amer- ica’s own preparations for participa- tion in the war and impending Ger- man and allied offensives in the west, 1t would be wise not to lose sight of the fact that the Germans, particu- arly the socialists, are working in- dustriously toward peace with Russia and have not lost hope of success, de- spite the discouraging pronunciamen- tos of a war to a victorious end com- ing from Petrograd. It is announced in Berlin that the socialiet leader, Philip Scheldemann, head of the majority socialists in the Reichstag and a politican close to the chancellor, has left Germany on “a mission.” The nature of this mission is not specified, but there is reason to assume that, as a well-known Russo- German socialist, known by the pen name of “‘Parvus,” also came abroad Just after the conference of the ma- Jority socialistn which was called to consider the possibilities of the Rus- slan situation. Herr Scheldemann’s missjon involves an attempt to open commdénications with the Russian so- clalists and social revolutionists of the extreme school, who favor an imme- diate peace. It is said that the German govern- ment has given its support to the en- deavors by an assurance that no gen- eral offensive on the Russian front will be undertaken for the time be- ing, in order not to interfere with attempts at freternization, the army leaders considering that tho recent drive again the Stokhod bridgehead had only a local bearing. Newspapers FEncouraged. The Socialist and other German newspapers appear to he much en- couraged through reports from Rus- sia of peace sentiments in the coun- cil of workmen's and soldiers’ deputies and of troubles between that body and the orgens of the provisional gov- ernment and the duma executive com- mittee. The Socialist effort is =ald to be in line with directions given out before the convocaton of the historic session of the Amecrican congress. namely, to try first for a general peace, and then, if that effort should prove a failure, owing to tho attitude of the western powers, to concentrate :‘l:ru on a separate peace with Rus- The peace advocates are reported to havo been preparing to make over- tures to the United States to tinder- take mediation on favorable terms Whent Preeident Wilson’s sharp mee- sago and the unresponsive atiitufe of the westein Dowers to the pesce dis- cugefons of Count Czernin, the Austro- Hungarfan foreign minister, and the Norddeutsche Aligemeine Zesitung showed the futllity of the effort. Vor- wearts, i1 line with the original di- rections, pledged 'n yesterday’s lead- ing editorisl article the most vigerous natrictic support of the =ociolists to ‘Tage:zeltung, devotes an artic'e to the the government in the uiruggle with: the United States. Count von Reventlow in yesterday’s Tageezeitung, devots an article to the Dzrdanelles problem in the light of the Ru goclalist declaration that the =nnexation of Constantinople or of territortal acquisitions at the Dar- danclles 4y beyond the purview of their pluns. Hs rays there is no rea- son now why & peace nerfectly satis- factory to Ruseis, Germnny, Austria- Hungery and Turikey cannot he ar- ranged by Turkey assuring to Russia the widest use of the straits. PROBATION A GOOD THING. Polizemrn. Required to Comvinoe Movozek of Ity Benefits. Bxperiencing a change of heart, as he faced Judge James T, Meskill in police court today charged with in- toxication and violation of probation, John Kovozek of 108 Orange street agrecd that tho probationary system is a good thing and meects with his approval, promised to behave better in the future and decided that heé pre- ferred to have Probation Officer Ed- ward C. Connolly draw has pay rather than to take a chance with life.in jall for a substantial term. He was considerably “under the weather” last night when he reported to Mr, Connolly, expressed emphatic disapproval of the probationary system, turned in his card and an- nounced his intentlons of not report- ing any more. Police Chauffeur Matthing Rival was called in and esorted John to a cell. He was subjccted to & severe repri- mand this morning, warned that it was his last chance and informed that he faced the alternative of jail or behaving hetter. He accepted tho latter chance and was continued under probation for three months. He was originally arraigned March 21 of this year on & charge of non-support and placed in charge of Mr. Connolly. For making, according to testimony, an unprovoked assault upon Frank Bezindesyk with a plcket that ho toro from & nearby fence, Stovo | Bavickl of 78 Grove street was as- zeed $10 and costs. The aocused claimed that he was attacked first and fought in self dofense. ‘The com- | plainant and his witnesses testified that they were going home when Steve came running out of his house pursued by his wife, the latter carry- ing a knife, and committed the as- gault without provocation or explana- ! tion, Sergeant Theodore Johnson and . Bupernumerary Policeman Daalel J. Cozgrove made the arrest. SAME OLD STORY. London, April 10—That the war has made the rich richer, is indicated in ll comparison of income tax figures P | Naval Militia, First in War Seerice, Boards Vessels in Philadelphia NAVAL MILITIRMEN FIRST OFF FOR ACTIVE SERVICE Fifteen hundred of the country’s naval militia, first of the militia forces in all likelihood to see active war service, have arrived at tho Philadelphia navy yard for active service with the fleet. The first con- tingent to arrive was that drawn from Yonkers, New Rochelle and New York city. They were placed on board the Ohio. Three hundred members of the militia from Erie, Pa., marched down Broad street, Philadel- phia, to navy yard with band play- ing and flags flying. Three hundred men from Camden were placed on the Kansas, which is to be an all Phila- delphia ship. Five hundred men arrived in Phila- | delphia from the United States train- iing school on Lake Michigan, The neighborhood of the navy yard is crowded with relatives and friends of the men who arrived for war service. The New Yorkers, some of whom are seen in the pictures, made a great impression on the navy men in the Philadelphia yard. They had a stern, businesslike appearance and seemed well trained. Wooden § hifis in Demand E. J. SKINNER RESIGNS. Will Not Accept Re-election to Y. M. C. A. Board Office. The Y. M. C. A. directors meeting which was to have been held yes- terday afternoon has been postponed until next clection Monday. Absence of members from the city was the reason for postponement. Election of officers and directors will be the prin- cipal business of the there will be no changes with the ex- ception of Edward J. Skinner, secre- tary of the board. He has announced that he is not desirous of re-election and a suocessor will be chosen. Mr. Skinner has been secretary for the past few yearc and has given much of his time and attention to the work. He is also vice president and manager of the Skinner Chuck company. ASK JLOAN OF FARM HANDS. Boston, April 10.—The state com- | mittee on public safety will ask’ manufacturers to release as many of their men as possible for limited pe- riods for work on farms, to facilitate the engagement of the necessary labor e s BIG WOODEN-SHIP:SAVANNAH READY FOR LAYNCHING The warfare which the central pow- ers’ undersea craft are waging against the world’s shipping has caused a boom in shipbuilding the world over and has congested the yards with work for years to come. Moreover, the de- mand for iron and steel s so great j that there is a shortage of metal for i ghipbuilding, and the constructors are falling back on wood as much as pos- sible. Large vessels, such as the one seen in the picture ready for launch- ing, are being built of wood. ——————————————erer. e et e et today with those before thc war. In every grade of income, there has been a steady increase in the number of those assessed, while the number of persons paying super-tax has more than doubled. = In 1913-14, 13,700 persons pald super-tax on total in. comes ‘of 171,000,000 pounds, last year there were 28,300 with to- tal income of 234,000,000. The su- per-tax is applicable to all persons having incomes of over 3,000 pounds a year. DIPLOMACY COMES HIGH. London, April 10.—The cost of the British diplomatic service last year was just over 1,000,000 pounds ac- cording to a government report just issued. while ! AUSTRALIA TO SEND LABORERS. Melbourne, Australia, April 10.— KA_ thousand laborers are to be des- ! patched to England by the Australian government at the curliest moment. { The commonwealth authorities lately ecelved cable advices from the Iim- perial authorities that there was in Great Britaln a serious shortage of strong laborers for construction work and help in that direction would be welcomed. The commonwealth of- fered 1,000 men. Rallroad construce tion hands and the like will be given the preference. They will be exempt from British military conscription. Frec steamer passage to and from England will be gronted. The rate of pay will be approximately eighteen cents an hour for a fifty-four hour | week. for the raising of large crops this year. Under the proposed plan the men would receive their regular rate of wages while employed on such work, the funds to be provided by the committee through its local sub- committees. The manufacturers also will be asked to have large plots of land near their establishments culti- vated, | SOUND_ STEAMER RUNS AGROUND Bristo], R. I, April 10.—The steam- er Concord, bound from New York for Providence with 230 passengers, | run aground off Hog Island in a thick snowstorm yesterday. The Sagamore took off the passengers and brought ; them here and later removed Captain Frank W. Burton and the crew o fifty-six. A. F. Pitts, agent of Colonial Navigation company, whic owns the steamer, reported her steel plates on the port side broken and five foet of water in the hold. MASS. G. A, R. IN SESSION. Boston, April 10.—War oonditions lent unusual interest to the annual encampment of the state department | of the Grand Army of the Republic today. Danlel E. Denny of Rochester was the only candidate for depart- ment commander. Plang for the en- tertalnment of the national encamp- ment here in August were discussed. ; DARKEN STATE HOUSE DOME. Boston, April 10.—The gilden dome of the State house, lighted with nearly 500 electric lights and visible at night for many miles, will not be illumin- ated again until the war is over, Ser- geant-at-Arms Thomas Pedrick an- nounced yesterday. This action was taken at the request of the Massachu- setts committee on public safety. meeting and | the | McMILLAN STORE, Inc. “Always Reliable.” CHOICE NEW JEWELRY NOVELTIES HAIR ORNAMENTS BEAD CHAINS MESH BAGS COIN HOLDERS LEATHER BAGS SILK BAGS PURSES STERLING SILVER NOVELTIES.. HiAl;‘ OngAD:VE.s:: ol are much in demand. Bar Plow Cram e i e e splendid assortments. The New Cas- | Sport Pins, Cuff Links, Scarf Pins, ques Hawaiian Fan. Braid Pins in ' Hat Pins, Veil Pins, Vanity Cases, | new idea mountings. Priced 4%c to etc. 250 to $2.98 cach. $2.98 each. BEAD NECK CHAINS, 25c to $2.98 each. JETS CORAL PEARL HAWAIIAN Beads also large California Rose Beads, in all colors. assortment of SILK BAGS in the new colors, 98¢ to $2.98 each. 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