New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 2, 1917, Page 6

D PUBLISHING COMPANY. o) asd: excepted) a LROR Bt for be semt by mall, mevabie tn adveace. 40 cents @ WeStR only profitable ad; the city: Circulation books and rFress Foom always open 6 advertiaéra. 4 will be found on_ssle at Heta- Nows, Stand, tind 8¢ and: i way, New York City; Board ¥V i¢ Cit, und Hartford Depot. . THLEPHONE CALLS Office mediam :n flag on the land and- our flag on. the ocean An angel of peace Wheresoever it 2ges: bly sustained . by Columbia's £ devotion, 5 i The angel of death it ‘shall be | .to.our foes! . " True to its native sky Still shall our eagle fly; i its sentipel glances af: . ‘Though bearing the olive branch, Still in its talons staunch g the: bolts of the thun- ‘ders of war! 2 the first ' general order " the permanent organization s’ Connecticut Home Guard New '8 compairy 4s placed in-the first aivision of the state. The {adistricts, the- first district con- & the towns in ‘Hartford and c ) fThe first regjment, heulllilll'lufl iof four organisa- % frofi darttord, two from Bristol, fbne caon tn: New Britain, Derlin, ‘Windsor - Tocks, Sout! ? ‘Coltiapille, South: ana/Caventry.: Thus it is seen he .companies are Trelatively each ofher ‘and can be at 8y #lven place in short No pne knows just what will = e. military_ ar- ,;"%.{2, formufuted at who hdve offered their ‘for this work may _be de- pded upon to uphold the American it mecessity, calls | New mpn.i\y has ‘ln.tdy‘mlnl- its epirifi We know where We s~in the front ranks. KHEPING 1A KING. sufter from = graft; des ‘from lavish expenditures lic funds by : royal. families. the more malignant form of may readily be determined n the specific case of Nicholas ft is considered. . = When the was actively in command of the p throme, and therefors of the ;n exchequer, he Tequired the little sum of $20,000,000 edery ,keep his house in‘ order. was his spending ' money; < ad- py the Russian 'people, olq_expenscs were paid ‘from aynt. ‘Automobiles n@d(horseu. ), came under ‘stabfe’expenses, two items advanced the bill Rgsbiatt ,peoPle had by r 000,000 rubles. \ these thirigs f ind; It is hardly wonder: ‘the 'Russians are re- over the riddance of the anoft rubbish. (oo yal; tahilles, ‘as’a Fule, :do Mot their expense accourfts’ on" their ‘ They do mot have to render unt of their stewardships. It atter Nicholas and his tribe jut out of business that an in- proved what money he ‘each year on the up-keep of his As the Hohenzollerns and the rgs are doing. business at the id stand it "is. probable the Al ¢ peoples have hot the slightest what it costs to keep these ex- 4t ornaments. ‘ If th& truth : on these people we ma see the Kaicer “hit the saw- ” The money it takes to golng for any given vear sbably finance the seventh loa®. What with his elab- 2 o-and other man- d throughout the im- n 4t must cost the German & n' neighborhood iijons of; dollars. a vesr to y sundry little things for the pnzoilerns. Considering that the dent of the United States gets ng falrly well on less than $100,000 Sy - s a'year, we belleve that in the lohg run democracies aré more economical than monarchies. There 4s-talk now that King Con- stantine is about to abdicate in favor of the Crawn Prince. getting a focthold in Gréece, and if the footing is secure enough the King may be saved the trouble of willing ‘ms throne to the prince. Once the main cause of trouble is out of the way the people will not be so ready to pay ‘the expenses of another. The cxample of the Czar in Russia should be sufficient warning. for the King of Greece. The wives of both are pro- German to the nth' degree. 'Because of this, Nicholas met his downfall, The same conditions in the household of Constantine may prove his undoing. With Nicholas gone, with Constantine going, &nd ‘with the throne shaking beneath : Wilhelm, the people of Burope are‘in. a fair way of being better off because of the war, costly as the war may be. ' 'No matter how expensive; ‘It .wili .be cheap if in the long Furt ‘toydlty is sent to the scrap heap. All thg graft that democracy in Europe &ouid breed could not com- pare one iota to the expense that must go hand in hand \wm\ parasitic royalty. Twenty million déllars "% year for Nicholas, forty million dollars a year for Wilhelm, and like sums for Con- stantine and other. rulers,—this in- deed, is too much for too little. There is but one king in all Europe worth his salt and he is Albert of Belgium. / A SPEECH POSTPONED. Von Bethmann-Hollweg, the Im- perial Chancellor of Germany, was to have addressed the Reichstag tomor- row and attempt what was understood to mean a repetition of Germany's peace proposals advanced just. before Christmas last year. At that'time the nations of the earth were fooled by the German: peice proposals. Exper- ienced now, it is not likely they will be dragged again into the maelstrom of German dfipllcl@y. Any new peace proposais will be taken at their face value,—an attempt to hood-wink the people within Germany, first, and all those outside the empire who are gul- lible enough to fall.” Eminent German journalists have, in their discussion of the world situa- tion, pointed out to eertain members of ‘the Reichstag: that Germany can- not make terma ot peace with a com- plement of enemies that stretches to every ‘quarter of the globe. Having missed the real’chance of ending the war when President Wilson's aid was sought, Germany must now settle /down and prepate.fo make terms of peace dictated by her enemies. Either. that, or she’must conquer her oppon- ents and thus gain'the upper hand in determining upoly what basis the war shall'end. The only alternative Ger- many how posseasés is to give guaran- tees: 'which ‘have’ been demanded by the nations fighting her, and that Ger- many cannot do undgr her monarchial form of Government. The Kaiser will submit to no arrangement whereby he will be wiped from the throne. Un- less the people of Germany arise in their might and tear the purple off his shoulders they must fight on, even if it be a losing fight, 50 long as he de- termines to wage wai. It does not require the gift of prophecy to see that any speech the German Chancellor might make to the Relchstag in May will be delfvered for,the same purpose as his speech to the Reichstag in December. History has & way of repedtng itself. The December speech is fresh enough in the minds of statesmen to furnish a warning. Its aftermath is even more vivid. Instead of peace there was an outbreak of ruthless submarine war- fare the like of which the world had never known. Writing peace notes with one hand, the German govern- ment with its other hand wrote in- structions to its submarine. command- ers to “sink on sight”. Von Beth- mann-Hollweg doeswell 40 postpone his speech scheduled. for tomorrow to “a more fitting occasion.”” | In the stress of other things it may not have been noted that old Gener- alissimo Venustiano Carranza was yesterday installed as Constitutional President of Mexico. He is now of- ficially the successor of the late fire- eater Victoriano Huerta, usurper of the chair of Francisco Madero. It took a long time to officially inaugur- ate a President in Mexico; but it was worth the trouble, an things consid- ered. Carransza may not be a brilliant Chief Magistrate, but he is at least a regularly elected one. FACTS AND FANOIES. With bread at 15 cents a loaf and cheese at 35 cents a pound, those who live on a certain poetic ration must look for economy in kisses.—New York Sun. The gun that sunk a German sub- marine had been named Roosevelt.” war ,even if he had to do it by proxy. —New York American. , The last German quite so “victorious.” retreat wasn't They neglect- Democracy is “Teddy | The colonel got into the | {645 ‘take' their men ahd guns with them.—South Norwalk Sentinel. R -And then, tog, “I've got to weed the garden,” makes a much better excuse for staying home from church than *I promised Jim I'd play 18 holes . with him this morning—Boston Tran- | seript,; 1 “Vittles, Valor and Victory,” is the satisfying slogan offered by John T. McCutcheon of the Chicago Tribune as the national war cry.—New Haven Union. ‘We «known who will NOT 'bb & can- didate for the Democrati¢ nomination for president in 1920—Champ Clark. —Hartford Post. The farmer who shall make two blades of wheat or two ears of corn grow this year where but one grew last season 'is the farmer who will best consult his own interest and the interest of his section and country.— Norfolk Virginia Pilot. As a side show the Mexican com- plication is hardly worth the price of admission. The action is s0 slow and tame that spectators find it difficult to keep awake.—Kansas City Journal. .A man who has more luck than sense . scldom admits {it.—Atchison Globe. The Tricolor. 7 The flag of France is blue and white and red; Red for the 'blood her hero sons have shed, - White for the stainless hands they lift . on high To the blue glory of the stainless sky. Lo, where the Marne, a sluggish serpent winds, The happy warriors: sleep in quiet trance; Their pure red blood a chalice cup that %inds All Sons of Freedom to the flag of France. Snow-white the wings of avions as they fiit, - Daring the foe and tempting cir- cumstance; Snow-white their too that knit All sons of Freedom to the flag of France, i pilots’ records, One spar of blue, ‘mid storm-clouds rent in twain, Is plédge for shrouded sun’s rekind- ling glance; * A pledge, the golden deeds the Aisne, ¥ 7 For sons/of Freedom and the flag of France. . \ % The flag of France is blue and white and red; Red for the blood her hero sons have . shed, - White for the stainless hands they lift on high To the blue glory of the stainless sky- FRANCES C. FAY, in the New York Times ————— AUTOMOBILE CENSUS. upon Gov, Holcomb Wants List of All Mo- tor Vehicles in State: ; The automobile census cards which have been sent out by the direction of Governor Holcomb by the Auto- mobile Department at the state cap- itol the owners of motor vehicles in Connecticut asking for certain infor- mation relative to the use of such cars by the state or nation in case of an emergency are being received at the state library where they aré be- ing arranged and their contents made available for service in time of need. A general desire and willingness to do everything necessary are evident fn all parts of the state. In view of the questions which are being asked each day by motor ve- hicle owners of the state the automo- bile census bureau finds it advisable to issue some general explanation as to the purpose and intention of the questions asked on the blanks sent out. It is the desire of Governor Hol- comb to obtain concrete information concerping every licensed motor ve- hicle, including electric vehicles, in the state and a declaration of the owner’s willingness or unwillingness, ability or inability, to offer for the use of the state in case of an emer- gency his car or cars in one or more of the classes designated on'the back of the card. Where owners have alréady offered their cars to local ‘hcme guard transport corps and or- ganizations of a similar nature all that is necessary in such cases is for the owner to fill out and return to the Automobile Census Bureau, State Library, Hartford, the blank with a description of his car and state on the face of the'blank the specific branch of service to which his car has been offered. Such prior registration will in no way conflict with the registra- tion asked for by the governor on the blanks sent out by the Automobile Census Bureau. SHORT CALENDAR SESSION. The following list has been pre- pared for the short calendar session of city court Friday afternoon; M. Molohan vs. Andrea Chippini et al, Judge Willlam F. Mangan for plain- tift and Attorney Frederick B. Hun- gerford for defendant, judgement; M. Molchan vs. Andrea Chippini et al, Willam F. Mangan for plaintiff and Attorney Frederick B. Hungerford for defendant, judgment; M. H. Fox vs. David Garston, Attorney M. D. Saxe for plaintiff and Attorney A. A. Greenbeig for defendant, default for want of answer; Abraham Shimel- man vs. Real Estate & Investment corporation, Attornevs Klett & Alling for plaintiff and Judge J. E. Cooper for defendant, default for failure to plead; John Kayerkos vs. Martin Plukas, Attorneys Klett & Alling for plaintiff, disclosure of defense and judgment: Michael Molchan vs. Rad- cliffe Brothers, Inc., Judge Willlam F. Mangan for plaintiff and Judge J. Cooper for defendant, judgmernt; Mi- chael Molchan vs. Dayid Garston, Judge William F. Mangan for plain- tift and Attorney A. A. Greenberg for detense, judgment. SELF HELPS FOR NEW SOLDIERS SOON TO BE CALLED INTO FIELD The execution of a command depends a great deal upon the way in which it is given. While it is true that green soldiers may not be able to execute in a clean-cut way a command which has been properly given, even veteran troops will become slipshad if a com- } mand is mumbled or drawled in a spiritless fashion by their commander. This would be the fault of the officer, for the work of a soldier is a credjt to, ar reflection upon, the ability ‘of his officer, Nevertheless, if a sol- dier will not apply his intelligence and responsiveness to the words he hears —in short, it he goes to sieep on his feet—then the best officer in the world can not make & real soldier of him. : Every command is divided into two parts, or, inte two separate com- mands. The first {s called the pre- paratory command—the second the command of execution. The preparatory command {s in- tended to inform the soldier of the movement which is to be executed. It should be given with a rising in- flection, for it not should inform the soldier, but it shotild bring his facul- ties to a poise for instant response to thesecand half .of the command, or the command of execution. The rising inflection has the effect of balancing the soldier—psychologi- cally—on the edge of the movement. Yet he must not twitch a musole, on receiving it. The whole movement is damsged if one soldler anticipates the command of execution or even e hibits nervouys shiftings of the hands and feet. The Command of Execution is given at the precise Instant the movement is to commence. ‘While the tone of the Preparatory Command must be ‘“animated,” the Command of Bxecution is required by EXPORT COMMERCE DECLINES IN APRIL Dillerence Was 87,062 in Ton- nage, Official Figures Show New York, May 3.—Fewer ships and correspondingly reduced tonnage amounting to 37,662 cleared from New York for forelgn ports in April, but inbound commerce increased, According to a compilation made yesterday by S. W. Hamilton, Deputy Collector in charge of the Marine Division of the Custom . House, and published with the permission of the treasury department, 383 vessels, with a total tonnage of 1,043,466, cleared for foreign ports in April, compared with 396 vessels, aggregating a ton- nage of 1,081,028 in March—a loss of 13 vessels and 37,662 tons. In Feb- ruary, the first full month of German unrestricted submarine warfare, the record was 318 vessels cleared, these represented a tonnage of 911,748. The January clearances were set down at 393 vessels, the tonnage of which reached 1,008,986, All told, 447 vessels arrived in April, with a total tonnage of 1,142,283, against 398 in March, with a.tonnage aggregating 1,053,240. In February, when GQerman undersea ruthlessness started, incoming vessels numbered only 338, with a tonnage of 874,127, and in January the entrances totaled 419 vessels, the tonnage of which amounted to 1,138,507. Altogether, 880 ‘ships entered or departed from New York for foreign ports in April, their total tonnage being 2,185,748, against 794 vessels, and a tonnage of 2,134,268 moving inward and outward in March. . The custom house report showed that 107 vessels flying the United States flag departed from here in April, against 125 in March, 91 in February, and 93 in“January. Out- bound American tonnage fell from 819,972 in March to 270,921 last month, Although American ships sajling from here in March .outnu bered British vessels for the first time in any month probably in the history of the port, the outgoing British mer- chant marine made a recovery to first place in April, with a record of 140 vessels and a tonnage of 493,630, Records of arrivals and departures in April by natiopalities, exclusive of 16 American vessels of 39,428 tons, which cleared for Porto Rico, were as follows: S En Arrivals—American, 121; tons, 317,- 202. British, 141; tons 484,053. Bel- glan, 6; tons, 18,829. Dutch, 24; tons, 54,667, French,. 12; tons, 44,184, Greek, 2; tons, 4,658. Italian, 5; tons, 22,037. Scandinavian, 104; - tons, 132,355. Spanish, 14; tons 25,221, All others, 18; tons, ¥8,276. Not included here, however, were two vessels of 7,458 tons from gea in distress. One ‘was British ‘and the other Dutch. Departures—American 107; tons, 270,321. British, 148; tons, 493,630. Belgian, 6; tons, 26,660. Dutch, 17; tons, 38,517, Frepch, 9; tons, 31,738, Greek, 2; tons, 12,004, Italian, 8; tons 81,606. Scandinavian, 71; tons, 96,- 944. Spanish, 10; tons, 20,825. All others, 10; tons 27,224, CONSERVATIVES IN MAJORITY. Boston, May 2.—The balance of power in the convention to be held on June 6 to revise the state consti- tution will be held by delegates en- dorsed by both factions in yesterday’s election. Returns with four districts missing showed that 123 delegates considered as conservatives were chos- en as against 90 pledged to vote for the submission to the people of an order for the initiative and referen- dum, % |-briet.” Ad¥ice By United States Army Officer Which Is Valuable to Those » Eligitle For Service in America’s New Legions. ~ he Infantry Drill Regulations to be ‘more energetic”’—"firm in tone and In other words and in plain, unmilitary Emnglish, the Command of Execution must sound like a pistol shot and authoritative in the extrexpe, bringing instant obedience from the soldier. A short_interval should . always elapse between ‘the Preparatory. Command and the Command of Exe- cution. ::In the Drill Regulations, the former {s printed in black, italics and the fatter in black capitals. A command is given as follows: “Forword ..... MARCH!” “About “Column Right . MARCH!” “Left ~Oblique . . MARCH!” “Right Shoulder . ARMS!” Company (Squad) . e HALT!” .... FACE!” When, as is the case in a few in- stances, the command is a single ‘word, it is divided by syllables into a Preparatory Command and a Com- mand of Execution, Thus, ‘“‘Atten- tion” is pronounced: “Atten .... TION!” Commands, Signals or Orders are the three classes of directions given to troops—many commands being by Signals. These Signals may be con- veyed either by a whistle, the bugle, Prescribed motions of the command- ing officer’s arms, or by flags. An Order is employed only when the commands prescribed do not suffi- clently indfcate the will of the com- mander. In other words, commands are of a limited and more or less rigld nature, while special instructions to one-or more men constitute an Order. This may be communicated either by word of mouth, in writing, by tele- phone, telegraph, or by flag signals, (Copyright, 1917, by the Wheeler * Syndicate, Inc.) SEEKS ARREST OF BANKING OFFICIALS Insurance Commissioner of Pennsyl- vania Asks Receiver For Pitts- burgh Iife Trust Compaiy. Pittsburgh, May 2—J. Denny O'Nell, insurance commissioner of Pennsyl- vania, today took charge of the Pitts- burgh Life Trust company. Late yes- terday applied to the county court for an order prohibiting the company from doing further business and .ask- ing for the appointment of a receiver. Temporary orders were granted today and Monday was set as the date for the hearing. He also went before a magistrate and asked for the arrest of six per- sons whom he.charged with diverting the funds of the company. These names were given as Clarence F. Birdseye, New York; Kellogg Birds- eye, treasurer of the company; George Montgomery; Robert R. Moore, pres- ident of the Commercial Trust com- pany of New York; Albert Leury of New York, a director of the company; and W. D. McQuestion and a Mr. Watson. . It was sald that no arrest had yet been made. s The story, as explained’ by Mr. O'Nefl, is that Clarence F. Birdseye opened negotiations for the purchase of the Dare Lumber company in North Carolina several months ago and ar- ranged to obtain from the insurance company $1,900;000. A million dol- lars of this according to the commis- sioner was put into the lumber com- pany and bonds were issued on the. strength of the investment. Of these bonds $300,000 were plaged in the treasury as security for the loan and $400,000 of the remainder was pald to “dummy directors”, who had been se‘ected to put through the deal. KING URGES ECONOMYX. George Addresses Proclamation to His Subjects in Fngland. London, May 2.—King Gleorge has signed a proclamation exhorting the people to lessen their consumption of wheat and to practice the greatest economy and frugality in the use of all other kinds of grain. The proclamation urges the popu- lation to reduce the consumption of bread in their families by at least one-fourth of the quantity consumed in normal times. FIRE DRIVES '‘GUESTS OUT. More Than 200 Fle¢. From Hotcl Vlct' toria, Chicago, & Chicago, May 2.—More than 200 guests were driven from their beds to the street early today by a fire which | broke out on the fifth -floor of the Victoria hotel at the corner of Clark and Van Buren streets. The damage was small and no one was injured. Guests in three other hotels nearby were aroused and much excitement prevailed for a time. . & T. ASSOGIATION. ANNVAL. The annual meeting, of the Lincoln street school Parents afid- Teachers' association will be held tamorrow evening. Commissioner’ McLean of Hartford, one of the home garden committee, will speak, There will algo be a musical program, with songs by Frederick Latham, plano selections by Frank Barger and & solo dance by Hazel Sampson. 30 METHODISTS TO DINE, The men of the Methodist church in Plainville will attend a banquet to be served in the church parlors this evening at 7:30, instead of tomorrow night as was originally announced. The speakers will be the pastar, Rev. W. A. Goodell, Rev. S. E, Lawson of Darien, formerly of this place, and Harry A. Castle. The latter will give a review of Methodism in Plainville since that denominatian had its local origin to the present day. i GEORGE GORMAN IS GONSULOF WOODMEN New Britain Man Honored at State Convention Election Sixty-five delegates representing as many councils of the Modern Wood- men,_ of ‘America, assembled at Elec- tric hall at 9 o’clock this morning, for the state convention of the order to Dbe held in'Chicago in June. A As was prophesied George H. Nye of New Haven and John Hynes of Hartford were elected first and second delegates respectively, but the place as third delegate was contested for by George Moore of Middletown, C. 8. Bates of South Norwalk and George Eckert of Bridgeport. Mr. Moore was chosen for the place after a Dballot had been taken. The convention was called to order with State Consul George H. Nye of New Haven occupying the chair. The usual ‘roll call was held and 15 dele- gates were found missing. = Routine business was transacted and the elec- tian of officers was next held, the fol- lowing being chosen: State Consul—George Gorman of New Britain. State Clerk—Thomas J, Gibney of Poquonock, y ‘Worthy Advisor—George Allen of Danbury. Banker—George A. Stark of New Britain, Esquire—Charles Hopkins of Stam- ford. Rising votes of thanks were ten- dered the retiring state consul, George H. Nye and the retiring clerk, W, A. Hayes, of Bristol for the efficient man- ner in which the duties of the officers have been transacted during the past three years. Stamford was chosen as the con- vention city in 1920, the order meeting once every three years for convention. Resolutions were read at the meeting endorsing the manner in which the administration has been carried on during the past term. State Consul-elect Gorman iy one of the most popular members of the order in this city, and has done much for the furtherance of the lodges in this city. He is married and is an employe of the Stanley Rule '& Level] company. The opening event of the convention was held last evening at the Hotel Beloin, when a banquet was tendered the delegates by the general commit- tee embracing the various camps in this city. Among the guests were Mayor George A. Quigley, ex-Mayor Joseph H. Lawlar of Hartford, Judge B. F. Gaffney and ex-Mayor George M. Landers. Mr. Landers presided as toastmaster., Remarks were given by Mayor Quigley, who welcomed the delegates on behalf of the city, Mr. Lawlor and Judge Gaffney. About 100 persons were in attendance. RICHARDSON-MURPHY. e v Well Known Couple United in Mar- riage at St. Mary’s Church, ‘Wallace F. Richardson of 16 Di- vision street, son of Officer and Mrs. Andrew J. Richardson, and. Miss Mary Agnes Murphy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, James Murphy of 317 Elm street, were united in marriage with a nuptial high mass at 9 o'clock this morning at St. Mary's; thurch, Rev. John T. Winters officiating. An- drew Richardson, a brother of the groom, was best man and Miss Helen McAloon was bridesmaid- The bride was attired in; a faun colored gown, with a_picture hat to match, and she carried. a bridal bouquet of white roses. The brides- maid wore a palm beach suit with hat to match, and she carrled a bouquet of pink roses. A reception was held at the home of the bride’s parents after which the couple left oA 'a honeymoon trip through New Hampshire and Maine. The groom is a member of the supernumerary police force. 5 : ( C. W. B. L.'STRONG FINANCIALLY. Because of apparent .misunder- standing and numerous inquiries rela- tive to the status and future of the Catholic Waémen’s Benevolent Legion in this ccity, Mrs. Margaret Forsyth, president of the local organization, states that it is in no way connected with the C. B. L. in this city,.is in a properous financial condition, carry- ing on a campaign for new members and has paid all of its obligations within two weeks of the time that claims hgve been presented. Also that the organization is in a strong and prosperous standing generally. FIRE DOES $100 DAMAGE. Damage estimated at about:$100 re- sulted from fire at the home of Wil- liam Beckett of 188 North treet shortly before 6 o'clock last night, the flames starting in a second-story hall- way and eating their way to the attic before being checked. There was anh alarm from Box 47, North and Oak sterets, which was responded to by Engine companies 1, 3, and 6 with Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1. :Firemen checked the flames before they reached the roof. SLOVAKS ORGANIZE. i Bridgeport, May 2.—The Slovak Political and Civic League of Bridge- port has just been incorporated with about 400 members and will hold a mass meeting this evening. The pur- poses of the organization, as set forth in the constitution, are to edu- cate those that are already American citizens to strongest loyalty by lectures and night classes; to educate and en- courage these still aliens so that they will soon become citizens; and to in- struct all members in the principles of federal, state and municipal govern- ment. The membership consists of active, or naturalized men, and pro- pective, or those still aliens. A propo- ganda for the organization of similar leagues in other Slovak centers will be started soon, TROOPS T0 REPLACE UTILITIES GUARDS Solders May Be Sent Out fo Watch Strategic Points Tentative arrangements under dle- cussions by the authoritiés may g com- sult in members of the infantry panies, on duty in this city and vicifi~ ity, taking the place of numerous Ppernumerary and special police: assigned to guard duty nightly at reservoirs, gas and electric light plants as well as other places that have been under close watch since the outbremic, of war with Germany. It became known today that the taking -up the matter with military authorftesisy 7, likely to come soon. Those favoring the use of the soldiers say that thers 4 is seemingly no reason why New Brit- ain can not receive the same service as other cities of the state and thereby have released for other dutiés & the guards and special officers supep- & 3 vided by the local police department. Also, to have heavy responsibilities shifted from the shoulders of the po-, lice department to those of the sol~ diers. . > £ It 1s contended that there arel suffle | cient soldiers available that can wall i be used while the facilities of the lice department are taxed to the I attending to the rapidly increas duties of this branch of municipal tivity. Placing and supervision guards generally occupies consideral time of apparatus and execntive h: of the police that may, some of ti latter say, prove costly in an e gency. Then, too, there {s much ad; tional clerical work connected wi the furnishing of special and su; numerary officers in response to quests. ording to the records , A of safet; rd there are about 150 ary officers on duty at local factoridd and municipal plants, The board been occupled several weeks in make ing the appointments, seeing that th*"' have been properly sworn in and rels ative to defining their duties. It expected that this work is now nrn& tically completed. bl&e been appointed from lists ni :d by the management of the facs ments, j WOMEN 45 1" GONDUCTORS Boston Fieviited Road Will Probably! l'lepu:m Mexr Called to Colors, With Fair : Boston, Mass., May 3.—Women as conductors on the ‘cars and trains of | the Boston elevated railway, are possibility . of . the; it is announced. col ors already has taken a large num. ber of men employes from the.gol pany’s service, and under the select ive ‘draft bill 1,600 additional men probably will be forced to leave . the company for military duty. n"'l‘hue com;;ahy has been unable ocure equipment needed for repairs, and steel rails ordered weeh: ago - main undelivered. It is possible that the operation of a part of the lines will have to be suspended because 3( \ the lack of coal. ON FORCE TEN YEARS, * Yesterday was the tenth anniversaty of appointment to th® police force.for - Sergeant George J. Kelly and Police~ man J. A. Carlson. Policeman Kelly ‘was appointed to the force soon after i e these special guards and aummum} p Many of the - 8 y mew, | being detailed as a roundsman, was | } advanced to’ a\sergeancy and is now assigned to desk duty at police head- quarters during the “doz watch” from midnight to 8 a. m. A. F. Connor was appointed to the depart- ment on the same date but is no long- er connected with the departmen © Spring Suits at H. O, P. In a large advertisement " in thig issue the Hartford One Prite Clothing Company, 114 Asylum street, ford, shows to the people of I-g::v 4 Britain what excellent merchandise!/ they are offering at prices that putyt the best of clothes within the reach: of all. This .concern, which is the well known house of A. Katten & Som: Pprides itself on the fact that they are: absolutely certain of giving bargaing:- in the best of clothing because they have made a very careful study this proposition for so long aperiod that they are experts in the line, There isn’t any day in the year buf what they are In the closest touch . with the largest dealers and always take advantage of opportunities by which they can benefit their many customers. Whenever they make an exceptionally good deal their patrons get the benefit. And their customers know this from the many times the fact has been demonstrated in the past, s In today's issue tliey announce a fine line of ready-to-wear suits, mads in the most approved manner #6lling from $11.98 to $35. They are all- § made in wonderfully attractive fa- brics and handsomely tailored. High school suits for boys, long trousers, ages 15 to 19 vears, are to be sold: from $11.98 to $25. Graduation suits, in fine blue serge, in both lang and short trousers are selling from $7.50 to 315, and from $15 to $27.50. The bovs’ department on the second floor in charge of Myron Katten, who is an expert In fabrics, is stocked ta - the brim with choice bargains in all lines.. There are Wwonderful oppor- tunities and one visiting the store should not miss seeing the display there. In the ladies’ department are loads on loads of coats. Dresses for afternoon, party and evening wear, in silk and serge, of which there is a big stock formerly priced at $18.50 to § $32.50 are offered at the flat price of | $15. Tt will pay both the men and the women of this section to visit this & store tomorrow for they i will * P large benefits by doing so.—ad: vi, ’ ~