New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 13, 1917, Page 18

OME TO HARTFORD OPEN UNTIL 10:30 SATURDAY NIGHT MEN’S, WOMEN’S, BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ FINE SHOES AND PUMP AT TREMENDOUS PRICE SAVINGS TWO TO THREE PAIR FOR THE PRICE OF ONE ' ‘AN AMAZINC SALE OF WOMEN’S $ $5 EXTRA HIGH-CUT Gray, Golden Brown, Patent § Coltskin, cloth or BOOTS Black Kid, white tope. Patent Kld, white Gun :.etal Calf, high or medium CHARMING NEW SPRING DESIGNS IN FEMININE SMAPT PUMPS AND COLONIALS, $5 AND $6 QUALITY ........ Black Kid Pearl and Dark 3 Gray. Women’s $7.50 to 310. Extra Fine Boys’ and Qirls’ CHILDREN’S HIGH ou'r Park Brown, Patent Kid, Havana Brown, White Wash- able Kid and Nu-Buck, Nu=buck Boots Sizesto 8 of m nd \g | 79 Children’s White o Slater Shoes The Newest 325 Nw Siylel to be found ol the Children’s Shoes 0f patent oolt, white tops pat- ent colt, cloth top, and viel kid. $1.00 $1.29 $1.79 % MEN WHO APPRECIATE BIG VALUE BUY SLATER'S SHOES S5 AND $6 NEW SPRING SHOES Viel Ktd s3 ad 54 Gun Metal Oailt. THE STORE OF PROGRESS AND POPULAR PRICES Lo LATERS 843-845 MAIN STREET, Hartford, Conn, HELPING STRICKE! COUNTRIES. Agents Distributing Moncy Armenia and Syria. ew. Tosk, ‘April 13.—Agents of the cast Committee for Armenian qyflnn Relief who are distribut- n Armenia and Syria the money and pupplies forwarded from America _by the committee are making arrange- ments for re-establishing the pros- trated industries of those countries, .the committee announces. The agents state that the demand for cattle, im- plements and seed for planting is urgent and preparations have been made to satisfy it, so far as possible. In aeddition, the committee’s repre- sentatives are planning to establish weolen, cotton and leather industries in the chief centers of population and are making arrangements for the pur- chase of material for manufacture in i Supplies now are being fonwarded to the destitute Armenians and Syrian | refugees in the trans-Caucasus region by a new route from Moscow to Alex- andranopol and Erivan. Future de- liveries by this new route, will be comparatively easy, the committee an- nounces, Notwithstanding the relief already afforded, the agents of the committee in Armenia and Syria, in messages Just received here, state that ‘“con- ditions are worse than last year” be- cause the stores of supplies have been exhausted. “The condition of refugees has reached a critical stage,” wires the agent at Erivan. Nearly two years exiled from their homes. What little money or possessions they were able to bring with them are now exhausted. Great distress from hunger. Bedding entirely lacking. Appalling numbers of widows with dependent children.” MERICAN WINS OXFORD PRIZE, Oxford, Eng., April 13.—A. G. Fite, of Nashville, Tennessee, has recently won a prize of ten pounds offered by Christ church, Oxford, for the best literary essay in French by one of its members. Other Americans who have lately won prizes at Oxford univer- sity are B. H. Branscomb, of Birming- ham, Ala., who won a prize of fifteen pounds for translaton from the Greek Testament and Clyde Eagleton, of Austin, Texas., who won a similar prize in modern history. MAY USE MORE SUGAR. London, April 13—Manufacturers of jam, marmalade and condensed milk are exempted from the latest order of the food controller, limiting the mak- ers of articles for sale during this vear to 40 per cent. of the sugar used by them in 1915, COME TO HARTFORD] HAS PATENT FLANGE | ' FOR RAILROAD AUTO (Special to the Herald) Washington, April 13.—A. C. Dun- ham of Hartford, connected with the electric lighting company there, has come to Washington and offered to the government the free use of his | patent covering a scheme for taking tires off an automobile and putting on the wheels a flange that will enable the machines to be run on a railroad track. Mr. Dunham’'s invention is covered by patents in this country and several European countries. The offer was submitted to the war de- partment, through Representative Lonergan of Hartford. Mr. Lonergan sought the assistance of the state department today in an effort to locate a consignment of goods from Europe for the Horton Manufacturing Co. of Bristol, Conn. He says the goods appear now to have been lost somewhere, somekow. The matter has been referred to the office of the foreign trade advisers, at the state department, At the treasury department Lonergan met Homer Cummings of Stamford, democratic national com- mitteeman for Connecticut and vice chairman of the national committee. They chatted for a few minutes. Mr. Cummings stated that he was in ‘Washington on professional business. Mr. Cummings has had control over the distribution of federal patronage in Connecticut districts during the ‘past two years that have been repre- sented by republican members of con- 8ress. Mr. Lonergan now expects to control the patronage in his district, including a number of postmaster- ship appointments. However, he says that none of the postmagsters in his district, most of whom were appoint- ed during Mr. Lonergan’s last term in copgress, will have their terms ex- pire before next June. Under the president’s recent order placing post- masters of the first, second and third classes under the civil service, it is supposed that as a general rule post- masters will be retained in office if they can satisfy the department as to their fitness. This will. probably be agreeable to Mr. Lonergan, .who_ him- self picked most of the postmasters at the good offices in the first district of Connecticut. Mr. WAGE SCALE BOTHERS. English Farmers Not Satisfied With Minimum Rate Result. London, April 13.—The tremendous enthusiasm with which underpaid farm workers received the govern- ment’s announcement adopting a wage of $6.25 a week for agricultural laborers, has been considerably dam- pened by the progress of events since the announcement was made. Much friction is being experienced all through the agricultural counties in establishing the minimum wage scale. This is due in part to the govern- ment’s failuré to define exactly what is meant by an “able:bodied . farm laborer,” - the term “able-bodied” being susceptible to various interpre- tation. There is also much uncer- tainty as to whether employer or la- borer has the right to estimate the cash value of farm wages paid in produce, house rent, board, milk, po- tato land, straw and the like. Officials of the Agricultural La- borers’ union are starting a campaign to prevent the farm owner from placing his own figure as the rental value of every cottage and from put- ting fictitious prices on allowances of every kind. The English employer has a great advantage over his labor- ers in this respect, for he generally owns the house the laborer lives in and also is the controlling figure in the village government. GERMAN COIN DISAPPEARS. Simall Metal Pieces Lost Soon After Being Issued. Berne, April 13.—German papers report a vexatious and almost mys- terious disappearance of small coins, making it constantly necessary to is- sue new provisional iron money which must be ‘“‘cashed in” after the war. The government, since 1916, has coined and issued 10,603,000 marks worth of silver 50 pfennig pieces, most of which have disappeared from sight almost as fast as put out. In addition it has put out 116,000,000 10-pfennig pleces made of iron, and even these are disappearing. Business firms are known to have in some cases as much { as 70,000 marks worth of iron mooney. The situation is to be relieved, it is reported, by a huge issue of “bons” for 50 pfennig apiece, which will be | put out by individual municipalities and taken up after the war, The shortage of small money, and its retirement from circulation ‘and into countless stockings, has been un- der way for more than two years. It Dhegan originally in the occupied por- tions of France, then spréad to simi- lar districts in Russia. Its first re- sult was the issue of municipal paper money all over Northern France, and the issue of military orders forbidding the natives to accept either French or German money but to accept only town “bons.” TEACHING WAR CRIPPLES. Rome, April 13.—Crippled soldiers of Italy have been taught a number of useful trades, among them making of artificial flowers, baskets, the cut- ting of cameos, leatherwork, book- binding and many other things. These objects have found such a ready sale in the larger Italian towns that sev- eral American women are forming a committee to forward them to the Vaited States, G. FOX & CO. HARTFORD RIDING HABITS 48 ALLYN STREET. Habits beautifully tailored = in Norfolk semi-fitting, 3-4 fitting, in medium and 3-4 length coats, in- cluding the new flare models. Checks, stripes, plain colors, cov- ert and oxford gray habit cloth, Breeches reinforced with suede {eather. : $20.75 to $43. Riding Puttees in pigskin and sole leather, black or tan. Riding Crops in different styles, plain and silver mounted. WHERE TO FIND THE DEPARTMENTS Butterick Pattgrns. Art Embroideries and Yarns. Veilings. Laces. Girl'’s “ and Children's Tub pplies. AT 48 TO 54 ALLYN ST. Ladies’ Tailored Suits. Ladies’ Coats. Ladtes’ Dresses. AT 31 ALLYN ST. Maids’ and Nurses’ Uniforms, Infants’ Wear. for which we are now agents, l STTE PATTERNS ' 83 CHURCH. ST. Mail Orders in All Lines Carefully Filled. Telephone Special Orders, Charter 1580. Main Office for Paying Bills, . 39 Allyn Street, Telephone Charter 1580.° A Few Words About ~ Our Advertlsmg In these days of exaggerated word picturing, there’s a great du.l of_skepticism in the public mind concerning advertising. Very ptten N much that is said is taken by the average person with a “pinch of = salt.” We wish to point out that this store fully realizes—and alwnys has realized—that there's nothing more important in advertising flun the truth; and the best thing about the truth in advertising is that it makes no demands upon the imagination, requires no clever phrases —the truth is enough. If the merchandise advertised is right, if the prices for which it is to be sold represent but a fair amount of profit to the merchant, and an excellent value to the buyer, there is no need of strong adjectives or startling circus type. The truth fis enough. That is what we aim to carry out in our advertising. ‘We pub- lish the truth aboit our merchandise just as much for your sake as, for our own. Facts as important for you as for us, If you ever doubt the veracity of any of our statments, come and let us prove to you that we've told you nothing but the truth. - ' Tailored and Trimmed Hats, Special at $6 95 SWISS STAGGERING UNDER WAR DEBT Expenses at End of Year Wil Reach 700,000,000 Francs Berne, Switzerland, April 13.—Swit- zerland's extraordinary expenses that have grown out of the war will amount, by the end of this' year, to about 700,000,000 francs, it is esti- mated. ' That figure, however, covers only the cost of maintaining Swiss neutrality—guarding the boundaries, etc. There must be raised in addition from 20,000,000 to 30,000,000 francs annually to pay the interest on other debts. In all it is reckoned that for interest charges and sinking funds the state is going to have to produce an even 100,000,000 francs income above what it ordinarily raises. Thus far only about one-third of this sum has been assured. The tobac- co monopoly proposed by the Bundes- rat is buggone of a number of measures that will be necessary in the immedi- ate future. And the monopoly propo- sition is already meeting with strong opposition. Though Berne has the reputation of being a less expensive residence city than Zurich or Geneva, it has been hit very hard by the war. The cost of food has risen on the average 48.9 per cent. abo¥e the figures that prevailed before the war. The figures have been compiled and published to show how urgently necessary ad- vances in salary are for government officials. RUSSIAN BANK DEPOSITS GROW. Petrograd, April 13.—Bank depos- its in Russia have greatly increased since the beginning of the war, Jan- uary 1, 1914 they aggregated 3,218, 000,000 rubles; January 1, 1916, 342,000,000 rubles. The increase dur- ing 1916 was especially notable, the total amounting to more -than 7,000- 000 rubles. The increase is ascribed to the fact that the business world is waiting for more favorable con- ditions to enter upon new enterprises. It is anticipated that there will be an enormous outflow of money from the banks into such enterprises as scon as the war ends. NEW ROADS IN RUSSIA. Petrograd, ~ April 13.—American capitalists have submitted & proposi- tion to the Russian government for construction of more than 800 miles of railway between Moscow and points on the Sea of Azov, at a cost of ap- proximately $173,600,000. The rail- way, if constructed, will tap import- ant coal fields in southern Russia, Rflm-flfl)lim:m-lhly the manw- facturers of Ri given more 4/:- w 20 years of omt costir- for. vepeirs.. -0ID Roofing. thulhq service wilhe 7 st ALLYN ST G A collection of Tricornes and Roll Sallors in the Chin Chin | shape, Mushrooms and Saflors, in Lisere or Milan Hemps. The * .trimmings .show unusual l.,r- . rangements of flowers, fancy .stick-ups and ribbons; a few have Georgette facings. Hats with all the fine appearance and style of their higher priced sis- We !ully recommend RU-! way. They are HANDSOME. They are LONG WEARING. ‘They are SAFE. They are ECONOMICAL. They last indefinitely, because they cannaot warp, curl, cra melt, rot, or rust, With them you can get s tural effects equal to slate or tile, at & cost much lower than either. § 1f you want a roof both attractive - and permanent, come in and look at these shingles. THE W. L. DAMON CO. Pronounced “RU” ac U- BER RUEY First Class Work at Reasonable Prices Eastern Weekly Publ. Co, 53 CHURCH ST. New Britain, Connk i