New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 11, 1917, Page 15

HOLLAND-AMERICAN LINES BiG PROS - Net Barnings Past Year Amount- ; ed to $10,982,975 SRR . Rotterdam, Netherlands, May 11.— 8o remunerative albeit difficult and risky, wag trans-atlantic traffic in the ear that the Holland-America - Hne, which maintained the service be- tween New York and Rotterdam, Ported aprofit of $10,982,976. This is & new record, being an increase of nearly $1,900,000 on- the' 1915 total, Which in its turn was more than three times as much as the profit obtained in 1914. Out of the sum mentioned the comraany proposes to distribute to shareholders $2,802,810, as a divi- dend of 55 per cent. as compared with 50 per cent. for the previous vear, $3,416,053 being devoted to writings- Oft and $3,400,000 reserved for the war profit tax. This policy is dictated by the uncertainty of the outlook, The company appears to have been fairly fortunate in the matter of losses, losing only the Bloomeradijk oft the American coast on October 8 (for which Germany is to_ pay com- pensation) and, since the financial Yyear closed, two steataships among the six Dutch vessels destroved by a German submarine off the Scilly Isles on Februery 22, last. The most valuable ship cf the whole fleet, the ‘Rotterdam,” has been laid | :'?‘ since Muzch, 1916, on account of 6 present navigation risks, while the big liner “Statendam,” that was build- ing at Belfart, has been requisitioned * by the British government against “a | moderate remnuneration,” on ‘the un- derstanding that, if no accldent hap- pens to her, she will be restored, and ifilost the actual value shall be paid. The company’s fleet has been re- inforcéd on- the ‘other hand, by two oo | the preceding fifty MORE. BOYS THAN Male Babies Born in Greater Propor- tion Than Females in England and Wales During War, . London, May 11.—The theory that more boy babfes than girls are born in war time Is supported by the annual report of the registrar general for England and Wr.les. During the first quarter of the war the proportion rose to 1,043 boys to- 1,000 girls, and the succeeding quarter was 1,044. For the four quarters of 1916 it rose to 1,060, 1,061, 1,045, and 1050. All these figures, says the report are con- siderably above any recorded during ears and are within measurable distance of the gen- jeral European ratto, which for many ;j years has been considerably in excess of the British. The marriage rate was the highest {on record; the birth rate was the | Towest on recora; the death rate trom | typhoid fever was. the lowest on jrecord; 'that. from influenza, the : high since 1900, and that from measles the highest since 1896.. The average ages of both men and women marrying were the highest on record; that of men was 27.3 years! women, 25.5. * The infant mortality rate was | the lowest on.record. ° A rise'in mortality among the aged of both sexes is noted. It is a j feature that has appeared in the sta- | tistics ‘of other belligerent countries |-and is regarded as a Teflex of the un- usual stress and anxiety of the time. TO CLOSE POWER STATIONS. Copenhagen, Denmark, May 11.— | The shortage "ot illuminating ofl has become 50 serious in Denmark that all electric power ‘stations using oil en- gines are to be closed and the use of { petroleum for lighting purposes will be prohibited. Copenhagen, which | obtains its electric light supply from coal power, will not be affected. but 41most evegy town in Denmark will be seriously -hampered, with the excep- Tew vesscls, while six other steamers | tion of a part of North Zeeland, which are under constructlzn obtains electricity from Swede C ‘There are many kinds of coal and innumerable sorts of roofing. We have the kind of each that will save you money. Our coal burns without waste; our RU-BER-OID roof- ing repels both heat and cold, keeping .a house cooler in sum- - mher and warmer in winter. ‘We recommend RU-BER-OID in preference to cheaper roofings because we have found that with only ordinary care genuine RU- BER-OID roofs are almost inde- GIRLS | << ' structible. As RU-BER-OID contains nothing that can crack, warp, run, rot, rust or le-k. it Drop in and let us show you genuine RU-BER-OID with the *Ru-ber-oid rvery bind in rvery dime Man** on the roll. We have it in Slate LTRSSk & Gray, Tile Red and Copper Green. THE W. L. DAMON CO. AN - MORE - WEARS LONGER CaD CARS! ouring Car $360 Runabout $345 Coupelet $505 Sedan $645 Delivery Car %445 J. B. DETROIT tee of Their Quality i ABOVYE PRICES FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY ONLY BOY SOLDIERS OF THE' | COMMONWERLTH FIGHT WiTH HOE AND SPROE . TRAINING AT BEREA. Kentucky Collegee Transfored Into Military Camp, Berea, Ky., May 11.—Berea College, with its 1,600 students from the mountains of the Southern States, has been transformed into a miniature military training camp. A number of the students have already enlisted and practically all of the others are now- drilling on the campus. Each ¢f the five departments of the fnstitution, including the oollege, normal, hca- demy, vocational and foundation has its own. company President Wil Goodell Frost in referring to Berea's relations to the country's preparatjon for war, said: “The students of Herea college, com- ing from ail parts of the mountain | regions of the south, represent the best fighting stock in America. Their fathers were with Jackson at New Orleans and in the Civil war Kentucky in the Union and made West Virginia ‘secede from secession.’! The moun- taineers, though landlocked, have al- ways had many representatives in the navy.” MULES TO. DRAG PLOWS. Those at Fort Bliss to Go Into Flelds, . Fort Bliss, Texas, May 11.—Long eared, patient old government: mules which have been kept at thé govern- ment corral here. since General Per- shing’s expedition came out of Mexico, may be used to plow lands on the fort reservation and in the Rio Grande valley for war crops. This buggestion has been made to General George Bell, Jr., by farmers in the valley who complain that they cannot get stock enough to do the necessary work of plapting large crops of foodstuffs this year to carry out the president’s plan of agricul- tural preparedness. The suggested pian is to loan these army mules to the farmers at a small charge plus their kKeep, bond to be given\for their return at any time in good condition. This plan was used in Austria for cavalry and artillery horses, accord- ing to an army officer stationed here. BANKS MUST LIQUIDATE. Mexico City, May 11.—General Car- ranza has issued ‘a decree providing for hastening-the liquigation of the banks of emission now under what corresponds to a federal receivership, under special rules to be promuilgated by the government. ' The object of this order, the decres states, is to avoid delay and to the in- terests of stockholder, depositors and holders of the paper jssues ‘of the banks. If it is found that the banks are not able to liquidate in full the issues outstanding the secretary of the treasury will consign the affairs of the banks to the courts so that pro: ddure may be had promptly under the bankruptcy laws. If it is found that frauds have been committed those responsible will be turned: over to the criminal courts for action. INTERNED GERMANS GUARDED. Fort ' Bliss, Texas, May 11.—In- terned Germans from EIl Paso and along the Mexican border are being closely guarded in a special stockade which has been built here in the rear of the enlisted men’s barracks. This stockade is made of barbed wire and rough lumber with a special compart- ment for any women ‘‘enemy aliens” which may be interned.. Guards are stationed at the ehtrance and patrol each side of the stockade while look- outs elevated on platforms guard the approathes to the stockade. A num- ber of Germans have been interned in the stockade at different times since the declaration of a state of war but a majority of them were released later. OBJECTORS ARRESTED, London, May 11.—During the past year 3,700 conscientious objectors to military service were arrested ' and court martialled by the British mili- tary authorities. Of these 1,500 are now in prison or military custody. Most of the remainder are employed, under the supervision of the Home Office, on agricultural work, road making, timber cutting or quarrying. BAN ON STATIONERY, London, May 11.—The free station- ery provided in the house of commons for the use of members is to be dras- tically “rationed”. Under the new system, no member will be allowed to use more than a dollar’s worth of free stationery weekly. Present Hoes! BRITAIN' DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1917, };;pare Twenty-five thousand boys and. girls and twice as many adults broke ground in New York in one day to be- gin the converting of vacant lots and back yards into vegqtable gardens and small farms. In the Inwood section of Manhattai a company of fifty or more American Junior Naval and Marine scouts began gardening under the eyes of Borough President Marcus M. Marks and many _— 500 FILMS REJECTED. British Censors Show Activity During . Past Year, London, May 11.—The British board of film censors last year rejected 500 out of 5,300 films submitted to them for inspection. Among the grounds for the rejection of films are the fol- lowing: Impersonation of the king; scenes holding up the king’s uniform to con- tempt. Incidents tending to disparage Eng- land’s allies or to disturb friendly re- lations with them. Propaganda films of German origin; incidents. calculated to afford infor- mation to the enemy; scenes depicting horrors of are. & Irreverent treatment of des\ ; ma- terialization of the copventional figure of Christ. < References to controversial or in- ternational politics; scemes tending to disparage public characters and to create public alurm; antagonistic re- lations of capital and labor. Nude figures; scenes purporting to {llustrate ; “njght life”; vampire women; the drug habit: white slave traffic;’ excessively passionate love scenes, DUTOH WOMAN DRIVES TAXI. Amsterdam, May 11.—After Hol land’s first woman professor, comes | to Plant! Digl’" 'And City Farmers Get On the Job invited guests. Half e block of land at Cooper and Academy streets, near Dyckman, has been lent for the sam- mer. | ‘The scouts marched in uniform car- rying garden implements. The whole surface was raked over and, if the sun smiles, the peas, beans, radishes and cucumbers will be gathered soom. “Potatoes are too slow,” said some) scouts, “we want to plant some things we can see come up, guick.” the first woman" taxi-driver. Her name is Miss Houffelaar, and her example is likely to be followed by others of her sex. She has just taken up. her stand in front of the big Bourse.of Holland’s capital, after ‘having passed the tests required to secure a license. ENGLISH STOCKS BOOM. London, May 11.—The Bankers' magazine for.April says that 387 rep- resentative securities on the stock ex- CASH 9 Washington Place OUSE 00aWee With a full line of Ladies’ Suits from ... ... $14.00 to $25. Ladies’ Coats from..... $12.00 to SN Ladies’ Dresses from ... $14.75 to $22 9 Washington Place. South of R. R. Tra Rear 310 Main St.. A. Manuel Welinsky, M LAND FOR EX-SOLDIERS. Wellington, New Zealand, May 11. —The New Zealand Farmers. Udlon has just published details of its plan change show a net appreciation dur- ing March of about 17,000,000 pounds sterling. British funds led the upward movement - in - giit-edged stocks. Home corporations and colonial loans shared in the advance while forelgn government stocks and Canadian rail- ways were strong. American railways after many fluctuations bave shown a dull tendency owing to apprehensions of war with Germany. NO. PARADES IN DUBLIN. Dublin, Mdy 11..—Aill, meetings or processions in Dublin were prevented from April 23 to May 13, unless au- thorized ih writing by the police, ac- cording to an order ssued by General Sir Bryan Mahon, commanding the forces in Ireland. 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Each settleméent ip to consist of thirty settlers, under market gardening and poultry ral Thirty farms will be worked | on the co-operative principle gards the use of machinery saving implements, but emch: Wili be responsible for his the supervision of ong-of their num- ber, an experienced farmer, 1 and will work it financ ‘There | pendent ¢oncern, the House and Hitched It There, said she to her companion. The puszled look which herscon ‘wore, she at last relieved, continuing: “You did not know we had a car? But. you knew: one and even decided upon ‘the make we’'d buy- Then, ourselves if the money could be better placed. As a what do you think we did?" A “We concluded that we would take the money we: bad using to buy a mitor-car and expend it in creating & REALL in our house. : i “The furniture which we have purchased uses nogas no expensive appliances and does not get out’ of ‘ofdst. ‘We A our house as-We never did before and the children have ceas: importunie me to allow them to spend their u,-o elsewhere. % Thanks to that motor-car which we did not buy—w§ now hawe s HOME, of whith we are VERY PROUD. That is why I say “We ! drove our motor-car into our house and hitched it thera'—— - hitched it permanently-—to the ' furniture which has made ours & GENUING HOME instead of a place to stay away from. IS . YOURS A G HOME or is it & placs to stay ' away from? 3 we resul