New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 21, 1917, Page 6

Britain Herald. ; ALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, I Sz cucm e SN > = o at the Post Dfes at New Britatn £} ‘88 Second Class Mal Matter. Palivered by carrier to any part of the eit; L _for 18 cents a week, 65c a month. iptians for vaper to be sent by mall, o advance. €0 cents & mouth. 00 a'year L only profitable advertismng medium n the i Circulation books and Fress & Toom aiways oren to adveiisers. Herald will be found on ssie at Hota- Mag’s News Stand, 42nd St. and Yo Hoard 3 ark Cit; Walk, At- © laatio Cit/, und Hariford Devot fimxofln CALLS. oOffice . A Prayer for Amcrica. ! “We pray Thee, ‘O igulde the president and those 0° whom Thou hast committed he government of -3 United tates. Grant them:sfiga win- m and understanding that they fulfill Thy divine purposes, ‘¢ thank Thee for the abundant ings Thou Kas bestowed upon, peaple of the United States. pray they may labor always Thy kingdom on peace, happiness, jystice may everywhere ourish and abound. \ We com- es in the common cause hdve . nmit ‘cur d 19" ¢ to place ourselves in His nds before we pitch aur camp go forth to battle.”, It were n unworthy calise that we could commit to God with complete confidence. . Today we have this onfidence., ' This is not merely Fthe beginning of a new e¥a but of (& new epoch. . ! —REV. C. H. BRENT, Bishop of, the Philippines. WHICH? are now needed #puid 500,000 or more; to fill thi Tapks of the ted States Army and™the National rd. -Since war has been declared iGermany these men must be forth- ng, sooner or later.' At present ‘ recruiting is slow. The boys are stepping ‘up to the recruiting of- 8 as fast.ag they should- As a re- 4 il sgon have a tu_ta form or other. the work g system -has good Illustration of the failure in: 4 “war is fur- < _National Guard. For some past the officers of this organi- _have let it be known that from en: to twenty-five men are need- fill the ranks of the company r ngth. In the parade of there was an automobile an- this fact. Fully thirty nd people saw that appeal. this number there must have at least twenty-five young men | s of doing military duty. Yet ‘have failed to respond to the call. { not dawned upon the Ameri- people, up to this time, that thé is actually at war. They have jed to realize the seriousness of it § 'Outside of the flying of flags and B presence of soldicrs on 'bridges other places that need guarding ternal conditions of the coun- approximately the sameé as be- ) the declaration of war. America eep. It must, be awakened. is the time to do it, and those can and must. get it out of the of slumber. are .the youpg men o' have ;no ‘family résponsibilities. heré is an excusa for the pld mar- “men- _There is no exguse for the s ™ i ers who are physitaliy At The i It is eil ing or. e drafted. rit of Secession born and nurtured. f was also in on the death.. There men and women _in that city still ng ‘who know what the’wounds ’ and the declared intent of the people was to leave the union of the sta and form a Confederation of Southern states. . Feeling ran high and en wore ‘cockades expressing loyalty to the sovereign State, as opposed to na- tionalism. ‘wore the bonnie blue and were as en- thusiastically for State’s rights as were the men. whom afterward they sent into bat(l§, and for whom they carried on the affairs of the home and the farm with a courage and a skill which permitted the South to stay in the war until overwhelmed by numbers”. There is the picture of what hap- penegd fifty-seven years ago. Drawing the contrast between the demonstra- tions of other days and what is hap- pening now, the Record continues:— “Columbia awoke to another sight on Thursday night when thousands of Jjmen, women and children paraded the streets of the State Capital, wav- ing in honor and’ adulation the flag of the couniry which now they love almost as devotedly as/they did the Told Soutli’-: ‘It is Your flag and My flag’ was the spirit of the hour, and { while the full impressiveness and awe of\the nation’s moment of trial was borne in upon them, the people of Col- .{umbia, where Secession was cradled, proved themselves to be true to the Stars and Stripes, and the manifesta- tion of lgyalty and patriotism will be fo(lowed. when the time may come, by acts of abnegation and sacrifice, even to the giving of our sons to the cause of the honor of our country and the freedom of the people of the world”. + Thus does the *old South” pledge itself to the cause of the Union. The | sentiment. of Columbia is the. senti- ment of the entire South. There is not a village, town or city there that will not™eend forth its men and boys ! to answer the call of the country. The women of the Soth will prove as loyal today as did the women of the South fifty 6dd years ago wiHen their fathers, and brothers, and husbands, and sons, and sweethearts went forth to fight the flag they now hold to be the one and only~fag. With' such patriotism as this,; with the “old South” ‘joining hands/with the North, and the East and .the West, there nieed be no fear for the future of the nation. In the war of 98 the boys from the South rallied “round the flag”. They will do it again in 1917. ¥ X ; CONSERVING ND STUFFS. Secretry of Agriculture Houston by requesting Congress for extraordinary powérs to deal with the food situation The women of the Bouth, | NEW BRITAIN FACTS AND FANCIES, ¢ is about time that Wisconsin cafpe into the United States.—Meriden Journal. ¢ \ The British army has arrived. Its artillery beats all creation.—Spring- field Republican A man has enemies in proportion to his importance and influence in the community' in which he lives.—Har- per's Weekly. 3 p There’s another good thing about enlisting women in the navy. If an aocident happens to a, big 16-inch gun in the dread hour of battle one of the girls can (fix it with-a ‘hairpin.— Boston Transcript. , And some of the more enthusiastic ‘gardeners are cven planning to raise vegetables on the roof. Well, we should sAy that tin is just as fertile as most of the backyards we have seen.—Boston Transcript. Spring poets will take notice that “farm” may be rhymed with “harm” but not with “warm,” and that “har- e is preferable to ‘‘Arden” as a rhyme for “garden.” .All the words in spring poems should be sowed in lines or rows two inches apart.—New York Sun, A i Rudolph Blankenburg—may his tribe increase—former mayor of Phil- adelphia, German-born, calls his com- patridts to arms without apology or reservation. With a few more such declarations, military fashions for the spring months will not longer be in dispute vn the United States.—New York World, e The price of coal is raised because of the increase in wages paid‘to the miners, the price of eggs because of the higher cost ‘of feeding hens. On that principle, why should Philadel- phia fans proteést if, because of the higher salary pald-to Grover Cleve- land Alexander, the price of admission to the baseball park is also raised? iNew York World. You can’t fool the newspapers twice in the same place. They “fell for” the story of a naval battle off Cape Cod and screamed the news across /seven columns of expensive White paper. But New Hampshire's yarn Thursday ‘about a night-prowling aeroplane was tucked into inconspicu- ous corners, under little headlines. Something’s got to get hit before the press makes another loud nolse.—Wa- terbury ‘Republican., 7 N i 0 To the President. y We have fought you, Mr, Wilson, just as hard as e'er we could; We have lined our pens against you, \and we've told you where we ‘stood; ‘We have criticised your actions, and we've tied a lot of hay For to strip you, -and to grip you, as you've run along your way; ‘We've opposed your re-election, and we've jested now and then On the subject of your doings and the may tread on the toes of a great | many men who are making money because of the present methods of ynts ’ ‘manipulation; but .his efforts will be | 5 p d by one of the local companies | hailed with glee by those who have | And the past, sir, is forgotten, just as suffered from extortionate prices of | foodstufts. Current prices of food have gone nul_ilde the bounds of reason. Speculation and manipulation have doné much to bring about the'high cost of living as experenced : today. The case of the man on the Chicago Board of Trade who cornered 72,000,- 000 eggs is too recent to be forgotten. Such deals as this warrant an exten- sive crusade against the gamblers who prey on the public appetite. National control of food supplies is the aim of Secretary Houston. Be- lieving that an ounce of preventative is better than a pound.,of cure he would set about the work of conserv- ing the nation's foodstuffs now, and not after a crisis may set in. At present we have enough foodstuffs to feed not only this nation but every nation at war against Germany, Ex- travagance and its side issues have done and are doing a great deal toward cutting down this supply.” To uphold the prices of certain foodstuffs far- mers have curtailed their supplies for the markets. Buyers have put these | commodities tn storage'and held them there until the demand forced up the prices. Everybody has profited . at the benefit of the ultimate consumer. L'l'hese are the evils Secretary Houston would do away with, The firat step toward such/a scheme as that proposed by the Secrefary,of Agriculture would be a thorough survey of the food situation Tn this country. Experts would be ordered to go over the fleld and find out just # the Civil War are, who know how jong it took to heal them. re are en there who WoBk; tg‘{ #l't’most p bring about- a divided “nation. jome of these very people helped’to Jork up the enthusiasm that brought it the fight for Secession. Many n paraded the streets of Colum- I the early sixties just as the 3 and women of New Britain, par- ‘Thursdsy. Then the parades /against and not for the Stars and ) of ‘America. Just as New Bri- held its “Wake Up, America”, tion, so Columbia; South Caro- Joined the patriotic cities of the . Commenting on the ‘parade ‘that city,'the Columbia Recorad re- #What a grest change has come {our dreams. A little more than fty-seven years 'ago there were triotic dexbmtnwitg' ;cdmmbig.. 4 how much of each staple there could be commandeered at a moment’'s no- tice from the government. By a card index system. the authorities would then be able to determine just where a certain amount of foodstuffs might be gottey, who held’ ownership, 'and how much the stock might be worth. The idea, of course, is not a new one. The countries abroad have put it into effect long ago. Connectic¢ut, too, has started on the same road. The Gov- eernior has appointed a committee of nine citizens to safeguard the food i supply of this state/ What these men find out will be of material advantage to Secretary Houston and his corps of Federal agents, If butter goes to 75 cents a pound, as predicted, there will be another epidemic of oleomargerine,—either that ‘or butterless bread. products of your pen; But we want to tell you now, sir, in this moment full of dale, i We are with you—yes, we're with you! ‘ We are with you heart and soul- though it hadn’t been— ust as ‘twere a bit of writing on a slate washed wholly clean; All the things we depreciated, all the things’ we didn’t like, They have vanished from our vision ke a pacifist on strike; A1l remembrance of your “waiting’ and its brother “watchfulness” Has gone tuimbling to the discard in this moment of your stress; And we want to tell you now, sir, when you come to call the roll, You will ‘find that we are with you— ves, we're with you heart and soul! There’s no Elephant or Donkey on the Yankee pike today, And the Bull Moose stops his bulling on the broad and starry way; All the animals of party in our over- varied zoo Are united, Mr. Wilson, and are stand- ing back of you; From the sands of San Diego to the rocky cliffs of Maine, I From Atlantic to Pacific, out and back and back again; b So here’s to you, Prexy Wilson, may God speed you to the goal! ‘We are with you—yes, we’'re with you! We are with you heart and soul! —John Kgndrick Bangs, ’83, in the Columbia Rambler. Our Fighting Men. (WNewark News) . Ladies and gentlemen, meet Tony Banasta. He walked into a Newark recruiting station the other day and annoumced that he was ready to fight for Asperica and what she is fighting for. “Beings a healthy specimen, he is ndw wearing khakl. We may read [ fater of Tony's carrying the Stars and Stripes up a ridge harder to take than Vimy. Perhaps if we traced him back we would find thaj Tony was descend- ed from the family of Julius Caesar, But never mind about his ancestry— he is an American now. Meet also some of Tony's compan- jons in arms who have just stepped to the front—Anthony Kolawick, Peter Malinoskad, S$tanley FPalazewsky—real names of reil,men in real life, taken from the lists of the newest soldiers ct the republic In the Newark re- cruiting places. ‘We want you to know also Feliclano Spinelli, Max Levine, Michael Lobak, Leuis Kamorea, Louls Cirino, Antonio Sangeverini, Blazey Filla—what a fignting name—and Peter Hvasta, all of whom, and many more like them— for these are characteristic enlist- ments, not exceptions—have just of. fered themsclves to fight the battles of America. . Current Fiction. (Portland Express.) ‘If 1 wasn’t over age and hadn’t fallen arches, I'd enlist quicker'n it “I am going to have a garden and raise all my own vegetables this sea- son.’ N, Tot’é)i pic.s __Everd the ‘“oldest inhabitant” can- not remember a parade which f{n either size or spirit can approach New Britain’s demonstration’ of Thursday. It was by far the biggest parade this city ever had and will long live in the annals of local history. The turn out of the citizens, both as spectators and as participants, was truly wonderful, reflecting the motto: “For God and Country,” so opportunely: displayed in front of St. Mary’s church.” It was truly a day of democracy. None sought favors. City officials and street laborers, rich and poor alike marched shoulder to shoulder through the dus- ty strpets and even the clergymen, rev- erenck for whom would have justi- fled their having carriages, declined with thanks and insisted on taking their place in line. Only the old sol- diers, the heroes of the Civil war, rode in all that long, procession, and the old men were entitled to it. They had done their bit and any comforts or honors that may be in store for them before they answer the Last Muster is their’s'for the asking. It was inter- esting, touching and pathetic to watch those old soldiers as they viewed the parade: during the countermarch. Many too feeble to stand upright in their carriages, others with ‘eyes to dim to see clearly, all continually saluted the old flag for which they en- dured so much, and many #vas the moist tear that was wiped from a griz- zled cheek by these¢ old men as they watched the youth of the city troop past. - This was particularly so when they encountered the many enlisted men who thronged the streets on this day. Thursday was a day ever to be remembered. New ‘Britain should be, and is, proud of her citizens for their showing, for it surpassed in many ways that'other famous celebration of a few years ago—the Burritt. Centen- nial Peace celebration. "o During the parade a gang of cow- ardly hoodlums, although several wer in the twenties, gathered on top of a Main. street building and, as the uni- formed men marched by, the City Guard, the P. O. 8. ¢” the Polish Falcon ‘Alllance of Amegrica, the O. U. A. M. and others, shouted remarks re- flecting on the courage and, patriotism 40f the marchers, insinuating that they were afraid to enlist in the Tegular armg. These actipns were too um- couth, lawless and cowardly to com- ment upon. Suffice it to say that, in ‘these times, men who will make such statements; when they themselves have not sufficient. interest in patriot- ism to even participate in a parade or join any organization are. among the most cogtemptable. This statement will hit several who are more or less well known. Let those whom the shoe fits wear it. » e The flag raising on the Green on Thursday calls to mind:a similar event which occured a half century ago in this same city and which, ultimately almost caused a /riot. It happened during the presidential campaign in the fall of 1868. New Britain’s dem- ocratic leader then was Elim Slater, an old fashioned Jacksonian demo- crat, and it was decided to have a flag raising as a part of the campaign. Two hickory trees were cut and spliced together, making a pole sev- enty-two feet long, with the bark still clinging. A parade was formed and fourteen yoke of oxen were used to drag the flag pele ardund Central park, then “the Green”, and up North Main street to the junction of Bet.gr street where a hole was dug. In ex- cavating for the flag pole the diggers struck and burst a six inch water main and it was two days before the break was repaired, there having en- sued a lengthy argument as to who was responsibie. In the meantime the water flowed down Main street, into East Main and even into Center strect. Ullimately another hole was dug and the pole was hoisted into place, when it was discovered that those inf charge had neglected to put either pulleys or ropes on it. Several offered to climb the pole and make the necessary additions, but on reaching the first section decided not to tempt the fates any more. Finally a well known pain and former saflor named James) Youngs climbed up the pole and adjusted the ropes and pul- leys and Old Glory was unfurled amid great enthusiasm. That night, a dyed- in-the-wool republican, who permitted hig partisanship to run away with his patriotism, cut the halyards' and de- stroved the flag. Following an indig= nation meeting which was attended by both parties, a mass of citizens stormed his house on Beaver street and on finding him away, bombarded the place with stones, breaking every window in the building. .- This city must have had a “pull” with the weather mgn for a better day than Thursday could not have been wished. > .« 4 ‘Never before have so many Ameri- can_fags been displayed in New Brit- ain as are seen every day. . While those displaying the flag dre doing it with a spirit of patriotism, those sell- g them, both retailers ‘and whole- salers, are oftimes permitting a spirit of commercialism to enter. The price of flags is said to have doubled and even little flags, which formerly cost a dime, now sell for twénty and twen- ty-five cents. In a local factory the employes of ‘onc department sent out to buy a large number of these small flags, selling for ten cents. The deal- er =aid the price had jumped to fifteen cents and when the order was given he refuscd to -sell them at less than twenty cents. Another dealer is said to have taken two flags' which former- ly cost ldss than a dollar each from the top of his building and sold them for more thun‘twicé that amount. “aw ‘What is considered by many as one of the cheapest displays of alleged patriotism is having little flag “‘stick- er's stuck onto linen lars. This in itself is crude, but not so very bad. is the action of several young men in sticking these flags on collars and then collecting five cents from their “vic- tims”. And *‘victims"” is the word. for the scheme is nothing but a cheap hold-up game. It is said on good au- thority that this practice may be crim- > SATURDAY, APRIL the fag. (R 21, 1917, = \ inal as it is against the law to exploit ! ey It is estimated that there are/ 1,200 or 1,300 dogs in New Britain afd, ac- cording to fhe law, u censed befofe’ May ,2, w owners, up to and th ¥ 1. This is a economical one and nowhere near no sensible reason why licendes should not be dqe on April 30. The idea of giVing an extra day of _grace 'is imex- plicable. | e ‘The action of the liquor dealers.in closing their saloons on Thu: was commendable. It begins to 160k as though the liquor interests are see- ing the writing on the wall. Many think that if the United tes gets into this war to any appreciable extent it will be the death knell for the sa- loon "business, even as’'it has been abroad. The new state law providing for the closing of saloons on Memorial Day is thought by many to be but a step in favor of the white ribboners. DY The average New Britain . family does not have to be confronted with & lot of figures and statistics to be convinced of the ‘high cost of living and its great increase over a few years ago. A few figures, gleaned from the report of the Charity department, are startling, however. While Town Home inmates get wholesome food and plen- ty of it, everyone knows that their diet is an economical noe and nowhere near as elaborate as that of the average American family, therefore that which is true at the Town Home is true to a Breater exteyt in the ordinary.home. Figures submitted show that the aver- age cost of a Town Home inmate in March, 1908, was $9.87. During the month _just passed the average in- vidual'cost was $18.17. Almost double. Truly, the move for home gardens, Wwhich New Britain has so readily adopted, is a meriterious.one. In these days every saving counts and a con- siderable amount can be saved by hav- ing a domestic garden. Many more New Britainites should enroll with Governor Holcomb in the agricultural army. i ¢ . coe Not a day too socn now, can the board of public worksbegin watering and oiling the city streets. Spring has evidently come to stay. The Marchy winds have dried up the mud and the trost is out of the ground, leaving all treets in a terribly dusty condition. ‘While it will be many weeks before the oil arrives to be used, there is plenty of water and it should be used. Dusty streets are not only unpleasant, but dangerous to the health of the community. * S ese Store keepers and others should also bear in mind the ordinance relat- ing to sweeping off sidewalks after 8 o'clock in the morping. There is noth- ing more distasteful to a pedestrian or more insanitdry, than to have the broom brigade industriously engaged while passersby dodge in and through clouds of dust. The ordinance should be enforced. v / e The annual report of Chief of Po- lice William J. Rawlings embodies some recommendations that will have to be carried out, principally the one to enlarge headquarters where the men are now so cramped that all pa- trolmen cannot have locker space. The need of revolver practise for supernu- meraries is also apparent. It is signi- ficant in connection with the depart- ment’s work to note that there was not a single month during the year when one or more women we not arrested, and in July, 17 fcmales fell into the clutches of the law. The ar- rests during the mcnthlot May, to- talled 224, the largest single month. The lightest month of the vear was Aprif when there were 159 arrests. lAmong the causes for arrest is in- cluded 149 charges of violating cl‘t‘* ordinances, showing that city officials have been on the alert. That the po- lice motor patrol is an absolute neces- sity is evidenced by the report that it travelled 4,165 miles during the year. This proves positively that the patrol should be used exclusively for police purposes and the hospital should have an ambpulance of its own, thus doing away with the necessity of having the police car answer private hospital calls as well as do police and emergenc duty. % . Yes, it would be much more con- venient for patrons if the Hartford and Chestnut street cars were per- mitted to take on passengers at the corner of Main and\Church streets rather than several hundred feet fur- therjdown. .o The able manner in; which the po- lice, under Chief Rawlings and Cap- tain Grace, handled the trafic on Thursday afternoon reflects great credit on the department. They han- dled the situation in true metropolitan style. There was never any jostling and the traffic squad and other detalls succeeded in holding the vast crowd in check at all times. The department showed its efficiency. s The action of the New Rritain and Kensington bands in donatin: their services for the parade was coiimend- able. No less so was the action of the supernulnerary policemen in doing their duty ofs Thursday without charge. = LR / Another excellent health measure is the ordinance, ‘which again goes into effect on May 1, providing that all food stores shall be screened and all foo¢s displayed for sale must be prop- erly protected from both flies and dust. Dealers should be careful about this inasmuch as the health board, through 1its agents, is to conduct a rigid cam m to enforce these ordin- ances. And they should be enforced for the welfare of the community. “eo They're at it again! .Evidéntly the dove of peace cannot long linger over the heads of the board of public safe- ty. When the safety board is split by charter and the present commission- erp cease to be members of the com- mission,—then how the citizens will ing of the historical wrangles ank. The Mucated staites In | L TRY 70 BEAUTIFY - |REFORMERS LOSE IN § FAIRVIEW CEMETERY Mouuments Must Be Erected in Uniform Manner In order that there may be some degree of uniformity in the way mon- uments are set up in Fairview ceme- tery, a new ruling has been estab- lished whereby the superintendent will pass Upon the manner in whic] stones and monuments are erected- Previdusly these testimonials were set up in any manner that pleased the whims of the owners, the result being that some were on an angle, others faced to the north, east, south and west. Uniformity in this will result in enhancing the appearance of the cemetery, it is thought. Hereaf- ter the supgrintendent of the ceme- try will handle all deeds for burial plots and will make his report to the city clerk monthly. Larger Plot for U. 8. W. V. The annual report of the cemetery has been prepared and an urgent re- quest has been recived from the Span- ish War Veterans asking that their burial plot be enlarged. Through ‘Ad- jutant Eugene F, Barnes the members of A. G. Hammond Camp, U. 8. W. V. have asked that a trianBular plot of land adjacent to their present burial lots be deeded to them. Owing to the many deaths within their ranks, the burial plots- are now almost filled. The cemetery committee voted to give. the veterans the land they ask. It was also voted to grade, drain and pre- pare for use the cemetery tract east of the railroad and the lay-out will be in charge of the superintendent, The section just west of the cemetery office is now ready for use. Financial \ Report. ‘ The financial report showed a grat- ifying gain of $3,765.28°in the per- manent fund, the total of which is $36,625.26. The complete report is herewith presented: : April 1, 1916, balance on hand . Sale of lots ......... Lot care and labor .. Rents and sundrj Rents from houses .........ccecueuneee Use .of land for hay for three years .....,. Use of land for billboard for three years . Total rents and sundries ........ Interest from invested funds:— Erwin fund ...... Permanent fund . Total from invested funds Total receipts for the year .. Payroll ......... . Permanent improvements: Smalley street walk ..... Water pipes and hydrants .. Purchase of Richards property . Electric wiring and office fixtures . Gas piping and- chapel fixtures . Surveying maps of East section’ ‘Sundry items Total perntanent improvements . Incidentals:— General supplies as tools, etc. .. Repairing and painting fence ... Repairing and painting chapel . Irsurance .. Repairing property, houses, etc, Telephone Coal Water rents . Office supplies ... ceep Rebate—Sparnier interest ... Sundries;, sand, cement, etc’ Total incidentals Total expenditures for the year ... Balance on hand, April 1, 1917 .......... JAPANESE ELECTION Rarly Reports Indicate Victry for Present Administration Tokio, April 21.—The indications are that the administration has v 5 the elections. The result will be close ' ¥ and many outlying districts are stilf * ¢ to be heard from. ’ The campaign which has just ended _' in Japan marked an important pojng in the struggle for a more republican form of government in which the tory has been apparently won by the . opponents of such reforms. Count Okuma, leader of the movement representative government, although haying a majority in the house, wad replaced last year as premier by Count Terauchi, one of the most uncompro: mising opponents of the new school ‘which threatened to revolutionmize the form of govérnment.. Count Terd auchi’s avowed political slogan is & “no-party form of government.” ; The family of Count Okuma re< sumed a sharp attack on the Terauchti ministry on the ground that it : not representative of the controllingy elements in the house. The house Wi dissdlved last January and new el tions were ordered. Opponents of Terauchi regime attacked the premier for disolving the house. Yukio Oxaki, the progresi¥e 1 er, in particular took up the consti tional issue, declaring that the ab: dissolution of the house in the of majority was against the spirit the constitution. He urged the pe to prevent repetition of such an oc rence, saying: “The present cabi believes that the national poli should be handled by a small gro| of officials, and is not'respecting public.’ 3,874.50 425419 $ '796.90 103.50, 45.00 «1,272.00 . 1,852.89 / 4 3,124,893 17,010.84 9,130.80 i N 3,130.40 14,478.88 2,63 The feport of thg perpetual care fund deposited in savings bank is/- as follows:— April 1, 1917. State Savings, Hartford . Scciety for Savings, Hartford ... Mechanics ...... Savings Bank of Farmington . Savings Bank of New Britain . Savings Bank of New Britain . Savings Bank of New Britain . Burritt Savings Bank, New Britain ,. Total fund in banks . First mortgage loan Total permanent fund . Permanent fund, Apgil 1, 19168 ... Gain during year N the safety boards. ey will miss them, but it will be a good miss. LR Many peorle have commented upon, and asked the question: Is it an abuse of the colorg not to take them in at sundown ? 'he best authority here states that there is no desecration in permitting the flag to fly all night. In the army and navy it is hoisted in the morning and lowered in the evening. It always flies during action, ‘night or Gav, as at the historical battle of Fort McHenry. e Spring must be-here. The first robin wassighted weeks ago and now comes the ‘report that the crocuses are be- ginning to croak. Also, automobile fatalities have * begun. A sure, If deadly, sign. YALE SOLDIERS TO 'LEAVE ABOUT MAY 1 Members of Reserve M\ Training Corps to Go Into Camp, Major Danford Announces. New Haven, April 21.—By far the greater part'of the Yale funior and senior classes, the majority of whom are enrolled in the reserve officers’ training corps, will probably leave this city during the week, of Ma according to an announcement made to the corps by Captain Robert NX. Danford, at & meeting held in Wool- sey hall last night at the close of the daily drill on' the campus. Captain Dansford announced that all juniors and seniors who are mem- bers of the Beserve ofcers’ training ++$1,040.40 . 1,000.00 . 800.00 3,000.00 8,303.18 9,984.18 4,490.00 6,107.50 83.769.98 3,765.28 are above the age of twenty years and nine months, are eligible for piaces the first training eamp grouvp. All such men who are willing to go, and 'th will undoubtedly include practi every junior and senior in the co are asked to sign their names to re, tration blanks. More than 200 had signed last night . They will be as- signed to their. camps on the basis of the states in ‘which they live. - Cap- tain Danfe advises the men to go to the camps nearest home. i This plan will have the double adi, vantage of having the men near eir friends and relatives and of gis them a better opportunity of obtain ing commissions in the fleld artillery, the branch of che service in whick Yale is suited to render service to the United States reserve army. Yale is almost alone in the field ar- tillery ‘training of her students. Very few of the colleges having the reserve officers’ organization have chosen: the fleld artillery. Many have chosen the infantry and the cavalry, but so.few men will have had an§ training in training in fleld artillery' that Yale men will find little competition for commissions in ,that Branch of the service. Fourteen training camps, each hav: ing a capacity of 2,500 men, will be filed at the first call. Practical Peace Plans. (Washington Star.) “Aren’t you for peace?” asked Mr. Rafferty. - “I am,” replied Mr. Dolan. “That's why T want to get in as soon as pos- sible and finish up the fighting.” | : \ Sed Hours. (Detroit Free Press.) “This is a terrible time for mothers." “Isn’t it? Their boys are either get- corps or in fact men of any class thattin, o g married or enlisting in the army.” : \