New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 16, 1917, Page 6

Al e s T 50 Mo“.‘ !".m Mlnllu;-r‘ %o env rart of the city sent by mafl, cents & memth. edinm 998 o atiful for &pacious skies, , amber waves of grain, unlo mountain majesties - \ thy good with brother- 1'for patriot dream sees ' beyond the years ‘alabaster cities gleam d by human tears! 4 ! Anierica! ' 3d shed his grace on thee pown thy good with brother- n .. to shining sea! THERINE LEE BATES. P THE HOME. ifil& 4’ done the Gen- of the United. States Army hing to do with 'per- ‘preventing the Roosevelt /{trom going abroad. The ee committee ' which ' yester- /on the. Army Bill, with a for the Roosevelt Division, hole: The provision is fory; but merely authorises it'to accept such a volun- _if, after conferring with “Staff, he sees fit to acoept . The chazices are that the n-l ‘Whosd Dusiness it 5 -aside force. W that s Ragasaut- anouid | RU!QIA ON 'IHE RAMPAGK mxaplu has gone from bad to worse. Its Infernal affairs are a source of alarm _to all thoge countries . allied with it in hnffig against the Germans, and to ‘the United States the cham- pion of democracy. ‘ What is going to happen to Ttussia if present condi- tions continue _cannot be foretold. The worst is pr,ohably yet to come. The defense, the liberty, and even the ox- istence of Russia are hanging in thr balance. Gerieral Guckoff, Minister War, in, announcing his resignation <alls lttequo'x\ to the grave sin be('r Ru lllfl!az The ln(figues of German’ agénts are now being felt. General Kornlloff, who had charge of the garrison at Petrograd, has re signed. Now comes word that For- elgn Minister Milukoff has giver up the reins. Other resignations are looked for at any time. Thus is the Provisional Government deprived of three of. its most valuable supports. These men, patriots to the core, have worked incessantly to keep the new Republic intdict. The Minister of Wards aware of the spirit of demoralization that is rapidly disintegrating the Rus- sian army. The fraternizing of the Russian and German soldiers on the Russian front is the first cause of the trouble. It cannot be stopped. Seem- ingly, the officers are powerless to en- force discipline, or they are in league with the Gerjhans. It Is known that the- friendship. of\the Russian troops has been bought by liberal quantities of vodka dispersed im the trenches. ‘With men fighting against each other carrying on friendiy nlntlo‘u in the trenches it is no wonder that 600,000 German troops can be drawn away from the Russian frontier and placed on the western front there to fight the Franco-English forces. The report of this movefpent, of course, has not yet been authenticated. If it 'is true; it admits, in the first place,. that the Germans have suffered terrific losses in their engagements of the last six weeks on . the western front. Yet ‘whatever loss thers must be off-set by any condition that allows Hindenburg to draw on the German Army at the Russian frontter. It shows that Rus- sia is not/ considered : a very for- midable enemy by the Germans. It f'nmtn a heap of confidence in’the Russians, a situation that does not augur ‘well for the French and Brit- ish ‘armies. fighting: in northern France. It means that the fighting of the past month and & half must be all gone'over again. As soon as the German troops come up from the Russian frontier the German army on Pnnch soil_should be as strong as at the start’of the battle of Arras, & continuation of *he battle of the | 8omme. * When the Russians got rid of Nich- *{ olas Romonofr there was . rejoicing the subscription with one m‘lmhlum ‘the Sunshine Soolety of this tonluthnnoton, dollars. with wiiich to pur, nhmw.m&-w ‘to ru\- " with goad Uapeportation B is . commendable. ‘Further, ¢ mo!- bile ’. plish- While atténding the, ithe members at the same their clients of the value of disease. Thelr advice fa Ahvough the printed cir-: wb word ot mouth. INit is '!Wq:h of Nfiw n throughout the démocratic world. It 'was a bold step In the interests of the j‘nopla and it deserved, and de- serves, a better fate than that which now Jhigatens the new Republia. But ving dl!poned of him it should have held on to-reason, and to the great ‘Generals. who Were somewhat handi- are flmly becoming paralysed. Astde from the three aforementioned men who have*thrown up their hands, Russia is now fighting minus the ser- { vices of two {afveat commanders,— 1 arena ‘Duke mchnlu and General . dogs not want to country. Ths. can Commission .h, be -M;w&oyno Rusetan om- out of chaos. n Commiuion Weiedn: t&nu M : ot ;”«“i,' Son"that the -m&nin-’ [ arp told in yes- B ‘Washin, army _is 293,000. It 45 recruits to il the'|" ATAYE Yen Having: Jaingd fors l‘nu Aprll 1. In the fioroo g in “Artois.and Picardy on the ; 3 ’ngl, after’ the mnb"bm} $het the:nu- American ¥ In tfifl& of 1"""* . i mlght be ‘a sood tmng it the pm of Texas sent the famous Col- onel. House to~ the® ‘Holse ‘of. Repre- sentatives.. ;Heé ‘tould teath some members. m’"fi'“ value of confining !‘hc *‘bmfiM" !hi new m Biscov- | | erea by Sécretary ‘Reatield, 15 ntro- mor | -thes fifloul&”v‘fld be to * third cousin- ia. not mentioned. But then, fish haye no blood reiations, General Bell in Mflfln‘ the !’h.tt.! bugkers tralning as officers in _the army to. cultivate the -nglnc mn among their troops must remember that it is almost’ as dlfllcult to train 4 chorus as it is to recruit'an army. Covrdne= nf Aagen- chusetts tendered his. resignation to Congress today to enter the Unitéd States army. The country might be better off it'a ‘rumber of hl- col- leagues did nkoylu. o ae o A'ACTS AND FANCIES. Some play the piano by ear and others by main strength.——Deseret News. Opponents of a good cause usually make more noise than its advocates. —Toledo Blade. Between the ax and the tax John Barleycorn suffers many attacks.— Nashville Banner. = And, the favorite wish of many a woman s that she were a man.— Bridgeport Telegram. It is beginning to look as though the American people would soon have to eat cake.—Boston Transcript. ‘The average man who is 31 is not quite sure whether he is old or young. The draft has set him think- ing.—Bridgeport Post. Maybp some of them are not an- swering tha\ call to the ocolors be- cause they 'are color blind.—Mem- phis Commercial-Appeal. Those of us who drew this (the revenue) bill knew that the. life of the nation was in danger.—Represen- tative Rainey of Illinois. Billy Sunday is the original hell fighter, yet no one has suggested his leading the first 100,000 Americans into the trenches.—Waterbury Re- publican. While it is true a fellow can buy coal cheaper now than next winter, it 1s also true that it is harder to pay for it when you are not getting any benefit from it.—Paterson Call, It is now more in danger than ever, for the bill was drawn with wanton and in some respects malicious dis- regard of the business and property interests of the country.—New York Sun. Now in New York, and presum- ably in ‘Washington. too, they are talking of hiring Billy Sunday to ped- dle the new bonds. Why not have him edit the new . government official newspaper?—Hartford Poat. “The most touching feature of Mar- shal Joffre’s visit to this country is the' constantly, increasing fund. placed in his care for the orphaned ochil- dren of his unhappy country. That visualizes. his gentleness .as nothing else could do.—Now Haven Journal- Courter. There is some sentiment in Rusaia against the Csar's $9,000,- 000,000 fortune. Now that we Rave effective income and inheritance taxes in this country steps might be taken to reguléte the emigration of the seekers—New York Evening Sun. Euach #n His Place. (Thomas DeWift Jones, in Farmers Mail and Breeze.) Three men went to the worldwide war, Each worked in the place he found One went out on the battlefield, One to increase the harvest yield, And one to the mill in town. Three men °‘rose as the sun came up, Each brushed the sleep from his brow. One took his bucket and went to the mill And one put his hands to the plow. Three men tolled when the sun was high, A dust from the strugsle 'rose. One drove the enemy down to defeat, One furnighed rations of bread and meat’ - And the other made their clothes. ‘The three lay down in the quiet night, The day had been nobly won. For oné had finished his bit at the mil, One had tofled on his farm on the hill And one had stayed by his gun. The Mailed Fist in Hayti- b (World’s Work.) In July, 1914, +Geymany iade a tion’ for gustoms condrol in. The note from the ‘German | embassy*pointed out thst qven though P ‘AmePican ent beMeved it mmlvlublo ” patd in the con- | Topesn trol ‘of flnym,cu-wml; gqvenhel& the, ymperial’ gavernment must give heed to public opinion in Germany. The ‘Gorman xe ent so’ far as to simpleat . solution ' ot | include- Germany, and that Germany would Lnot undesstand -.nv other arrahge- meént. " Our stae department’s answer to this: extragrdinary German.document was emphatic. In the most nneq\llvn- cal'terms it that its policy was nat’ spbject to - any variation; Reither forelgn mercantile ~interests nor any other interests pljoceedln‘ from outside of the Americap, he .isphere could be so ‘extended ag eve to constitute a jofnt controlin whole or in part of the government or ad- ! ministration of ~ any _ independent American stékte. : A The Foe in the Blue Ridge, (Newville Fimes-Star.) 5 There are a gnsat meny people sil- fering with the: an measles ‘in' this vicinity. + interosted Eu-{ by that |- openm‘ on th SOON TO BE C! LED INTO FIELD Amnyvnmsmm; Officer ‘Whilch Is. Vll!llfln bm | maguemmnmmxmm . | When the Squad is Acting Alame in Extended Order. The squad in combat drill is what fight be‘called a subsidiary fire unit. The.Squad is not the regulation fire unit—this is the platoon Y{one-fourth of a company, roughly speaking), as will be explained later. But within a platoon, a closer fire control is often necessary, and to this the squad or- ganization ismadapted. Particularly is this essential to *“Firing by Squads’” which is, under certain crcumstances, the most effective way in which the fire can be delivered, In addition the squad is a most practicable unit for patrol and out- post duty, since it places a small and filexible body of men in charge of a non-commissioned officer for work which requires discretion and conceal- ment. This is not to say that patrol or outpost duty Is confined to squads, but it is often subdivided finally upon the squad basis. In any event, the squad in extended order drill will jus- tify itself, as well as obedience and at- tention to the corporal. ‘When the squad is deployed with other squads, the front and rear rank | men place themselves abreast the cor- poral at half pace intervals, as we have seen, but when the squad is act- ing ‘alone, the skirmish line is formed in the same way upon No. 2 of the front rank, No. 2 stands fast in his place or oo\ntlnual the march, as the case may be. Meanwhile, the cor- poral places himself in front of the squad when advancing, and in its rear Wwhen halted. Whyn he is in line, the corporal is the guide; when ha is not in line—that, is, when he advances in front of the squad as its commander CROOKS GONTINUE THER VISIT HERE Ransack Two Homes, Securing 8189 in One Apartment Reaping a financial. harvest from local homes, largely those located in tenement buildings, . especially clever and daring key experts, whom the po- lice believe to be metropolitan crooks, detectives and left no trace of their identity.. Np longer are trunks and other improvised banks safe as der positories for savings, ‘the crooks showing almost uncanny' ability to ferret out anything savoring of money. Detectives believe the pres- ence of the undesirables in the city 1s one of the periodical visits received by every city of importance and a part of the campaign of burglary re- ported as having been in progress with success in practically every city in the east. There is a theory, not substantiated, that the number of burglaries, especially In homes of 'moderate circumstances, comprise one result of the war excite- ment, state of financial unrest/ pre- vailing and idea that accumulations of wealth have been stored in the. home with the expectations of future financial stringency or to finance ag- ricultural activities. Two exceptionally daring ‘“jobs” by key , workers were successful yester- day afternoon at 30 Grove street, the apartments of Mrs. Josephine Bud- nick and Mrs. Thomas Havey being entered, thoroughly ransacked and all ready cash appropriated. Both occu- pants were absent on shopping trips, entrance to their homes taking place soon after they left and Indicating the gang works systematically, has look- outs and keeps tabs on what homes are vacant. Mrs. Budnick informed detectives that all doors were secure- 1y locked and the same conditions ap- plied to the windows when she left. ‘The tenement, one of two in the six- teriement building, is on the second floor, the Havey home being across the hall. As-far as can be ascer- tained, these two apartments were the only vacant ones in the bullding yesterday afternoon. One of the ten- ants on the ground floor heard people moving about in the Budnick apart- ments about 3 o’clock but, because of physical infirmaties and being par- tially orippled by rheumatism, was ungble to investigate. The police theory is that the rear door of both tenements were entered 4 key, as re are indications that the kitchens of both homes were the first rooms visited. Before start- ing in work, curtains of windows o»nlng on the verandas and within ‘view of neighboring houn:. were ylled cl Bureauys, - and’ 6& S whete there a »o-fl- bility ot Thoney hidden, were ran- saqked. #he Budniok home' $180; ‘was ‘fou the money being hiddety, -upb”eal’ securely, in a ‘trugke in an oliaciire part of one.of the rooms. It 'was forped- open. = Exit from these rooms. was byimeans of: a’ window the front hallway. this method there was less likii- hood that they would be seem coming from an- .;..mg.. t by neighbors, &nd thelr conduct deemed suspicious, Aiso, once in.the front hallway,’ plausible explanations could be given as to their presence and there woiild be ignorance as to what apartment they Afier their ‘visit to the Budnick home, similar procedure was followed in the opposite apartment,” entrance being :gained by the rear..door and exit Weing ‘through a ) mlow hallway. increased ; —No. 2 front ru\k i the gulds of the line, and it is thre duty of No.'2 front ranito follow in the: tracks of the cdrporal, with the rest of the squad guiding on No. 2. A The command for assembling squad may be given: either. as ° sembly, march” or by the corporal waving his arm in short circles ab his head. At the command, du move toward the corporal, wh he has taken his station as a base, #nd follow him. The assembly, while marching to the rear, is not exeouted: i Tt Wwill be seen that in deploying | 28 skirmishes, -the precise form of movement pres:rilied for close order drill is not adhered tor A man has, | more ease and' latitude in. carrying j out the movements. This is to make Speed. While men in close order are ‘compelled to turn corners snarply and maneuver, so to speak, in angles, in extended order it would be ineffctent for & man to turn on an angle to reach his Pposition when he could make a straight cut for it. . Yet this-in no sense nulltfies the need for precisicn in-close order drill. Without . it, troops would become nopelessly tangled- up, and without it also there would not be uniformity of movement which would cause. mem- bers of a squad in extended order in- stinctively to choose the most direot— and in that sense, precise—short-cuts in the least possible time. -In fact, without the close order, they could ‘make no short cuts at all, for they would not know where to turn in or- der to find their places in the squad. Tomorrow’s -article will make clear the importance of the corporal in the squad in extended order. (Copyright, 1917, by the Wheeler Syn- dicate, Inc.) POLICE TO GUARD CITY’S POTATO SEED Several Hundred Bushels Taken o Stanley Quarter That the city may be amply protect- ed against theft of valuable potatoes to be used as seed on the municipal {farm on the Travy estate in Stanley ! Quarter, Mayor Quigley this morning are “working” the city, have eludeq | % arrangements with Chief Rawl- {ings to have a special policeman de- tafled to this farm to stand guard over the potatoes. ' Anydrie approaching these valuable séedlings will do so at their own risk. Several hundred | bushels of potatoes were moved from the tracks to the farm today and they will be guarded until planted. . Actual work on this fifty acre mu- nicipal farm began this morning when one three.blade tractor plow arrived. "\W. Duffee, instructor. in agricul- tural engineering at the Connecticut Agricultural college, was in New Brit- ain today and with the mayor and H. 8. Tallard wenqt over the Tracy farm thoroughly. He expressed himseif as pleased with the outlook. The land, which has not been cultivated in sev- eral years, is in. excellent condition and with proper treatment with fer- tilizer should yield a record orop of potatoes, the weather man co-operat- ing at all, the agricultural expert stated. Mr. Duffee, with W. L. Slate Jr., another farming expert from the Connecticut college, will continue to take an interest in the New Britain farm and as the season progresses they will return to give their ald and advice. Mr. Durfee stated that there is every reason for New Britain people to feel sure of success on their Stanley Quar- ter farm. His suggestion is to use about 1800 pounds of fertilizer, known as formula 4-10, per acre and then plant potatoes. Quoting only what he termed conservative estimates, Dr. Duffee said that it will take about fourteen bushels of potatoes to plant 18n acre and the acreage yleld from the fitty acres would be about 200 bushels per acre, or a total of 10,000 bushels. Most of the early work will be done by machinery and the first actual work that will have to be done by the volunteer farmers will be to cut the seed potatoes. The plowing will all be dome by tractor plows, one of which was put into operation today. Each plow is capable, Mr. Duffee ex- plains, of plowing twoand one-half acres per day with each blade, and plows such as dre to’ be used by the city each have three blades,:thus as- suring about - sgven acrea: of land plowed daily. The farming expart ad- vocates engaging one man ‘operate the tractor plows during the plowink time: becguse, -he’ states, . thesa:: ma< chinésar al ah 8- lnery will a_lvcn the potatoés amd its a 23 plml bt appar- atus, to work: m-,@ea smen 8ach, wil] arrivé'in time nting. Bach machine lant d “acres of land per day ofice the seed is properly cut. ‘Before the potat are cut for seed- 152 joroughly treated 9 ratlpn ‘ot bi-chloride to kiil-any germs or'skin diseases, thus assuring a healthy crop. Later in the season it may be necessary to. secure the uge of a coupje of automobile spraying machines. e Both Mr.' Duffee and M#: !llte. who are recognized as among The foremost agriculturist expertg in the state, have inspected the Stanley Quiarter project GM-‘:‘ly and ‘think 1t feastble from itural ‘fuld’qln Hal Engmwr, Emmett clerk, Supenntmdents R&Appointed / Emest N. Humphrey was for the fousth time named president of the toud of public works last evening, yr_bur the board met for the regular Pownes naming Mr. Humphrey presi- dent was made unanimous. Commis- sioner Downes also nominated Wil- lam H. Hall for city engineer, and this election was also unsnimous. On motian of Commissioner Ander- son, Harry A. Emmett was re-named clerk, a position he has filled capably | therefore for several years. Joseph Schiedel and Michael P. O'Brien were named superintendents of streets and sewers respectively. There were three hearings sched- uled for the meeting, the first being on the construction of a sewer on Hart street’ from Lincoln street to Corbin avenue, and the establishing of a 1§- foot bufldjng line. John W, Carleton appeared and favored both ' petitions and the board ' moved their adaption. The Title Real Hstate com] et al, petitioned for a grade line Connecticut avenue, 1,000 foet easterly from its present terminus. - Council- man Gorback, H. N. Lockwood and John A. Brink favored the proposed grade as shown on the engineer’s map. On motion of Commissioner 'Downes it was adopted. P, Franklin appeared in opposition to the proposed sprinkling of Oak street, saying that expenses were too high at pruent. President Humphrey From F. W. Willlams M permission to place & gasoline tank in front of & garage at 287 Elm street. Latd over for inspection, From Jacob Anderson for the .re- )| moval of a tree in front of 5§10 Church stregt. Referred to the city engineer with power. , For lights on Newington road east of East street. Laid over for inspec- tion. For a catch basin at the corner of Allen and Eest streets. Referred to the ‘president and the city enginser. From the H, R. Walker company, aeking for an increase to 75 cents an hour for a double team and 50 an hour for one horse vehicles._ ' petition spoke of the H. C. of, harses, etc. The board the petition a reasomible voted to grant the increade,” M "ounm Blaek ootton line for boys g Sleeveless knee Bpecial 4Sc suft SPECIAD LOT Allstyles, uives § to 9. 1180, values wpecial 11c each. VESTS. 1wc.v-u-uuo., = A petition was received.for a mr 3 in Wolcott street, but as tha an unaccepted one, it was sive the property owners an oppor- tunity of having maps and profiles made and submitted to the board. The petition from Pogtmaster W, F, Delaney' for permission to place six new letter boxes about the oun,r of the city was granted. The petition for & sewer in Buell street was laid over until the street is accepted. Work on grading the street is now under way. Superintendent Reeks of the health department appeared before the com- missioners and urged the construction of some kind of a sewer or drain that will eliminate conditions existing ‘on Oxtord street. Dr. Reeks said that following 2 rain storm the water lays in the gutter and in the summer time would, have a tendenoy to breed dis- ase. It was voted to have the.engin- éer take levels of the street to deter- mine just what will be the best way of caring for the matter. Albin Carl- son, one of the largest property own- ers on the street spoke in-fdvor of have ing a sewer construeted, and as tHe street is an unaccepted onc “he ‘sald he would assist in trying t6' get*watv- | ers signed. * A c::xmunlenlon was recelved from the common council requesting that action be taken on the peiltion for the construction of & sewer in: West End avenue. At a previoud ‘meeting the board voted to recomsnend the sewer when the usual walvers were signed and thig veport will be sub- mitted to the council at the meeting this evening. The board voted to recommerid the laying of a flag or concrete walk on the north side of Shuttle Meadow ave- nue, 138 feet westerly, to complete the work which was undertaken last year. The work must be completed by August 1. The usual h-lbhoudzy Saturdays for the employes of the departments was again voted this year, being ef- fective In June, July and August. ‘The, petition from the English’Lu- theran church for permission to place &' sigh &t the ¢ot of - Maini atreet | and Hungerford eo\:rt was rererrqfl to' the city énginee ; ¢ n Union Telegraph company to with- draw & petit lon to use overhead wire' by the yard dis- tribution method to furnish service for subscribers: along Main and Arch streets. President Humphrey called atten- tion to a tree on Vine street wwhich has csaused several autoists considgrs able trouble in'the past, and which he tho#ight “should ‘be removed. . ' The board voted to drder its removal. The board will make an inspection tour of the city next Tuesday aftéer- R0l nuuurm‘ 23 “hite” out of & pos- sible 30, Policeman Frank R.. Hahn: shot in great form on the pofles ' range at headquarters yesterday 'aft- ernoon, topping the list of Squad B men and making a record that'is es- | pected to be registered near the in the marksmanghip tournamen: final resulits. i ‘The men shooting m their scorgs follow: ' Policeman H 23; Trafic Policeman Ci Johnson, 10; Policeman John L. Cuf X son, 11; Desk Officer A. C. Malone, 18; Policeman Thomas Storey, u- Policeman Anthony Bachman, 12; P Hceman Charles Anderson, 17; Pol man. Willlam F. Murphy, li' Py man Willlam Strolls, 11; Dmvj J. Richardson 11, and Dcmun m geant Samuel Bamforth, 9. b JARER MR Pm‘burchwwm!q. Pittsburgh, Pl.. May burgh sporting writer uy- the reason why Hans Wagner quit” Pirates this season was the veteran’ disgust at the ufgrateful attitude Ovmier Dreytuss " It had goneral been 'that Dreyfuss cut Waj ner's’ salary from $10,000 to. §8, but the “story; whlch is believed be true states that Dreyfuss nql- figures § ‘Wagner wonld ‘not have om a cut of $2,000, but -he baiked at: he' $5.500 salary. ‘What made him more indignant ‘was the cool manmer in' which Dreyfuss treated ' him. . The magnats didw't offer Hans his uncén- § ditional release if the terms. didn’t suit him but dickered as he ' would with a raw recruit, Later wheh . Hr-teu made a poor start Lator he' ralsed thig! hitm. 98 310, byt the old boy felt hurt. son for his unpopularity wit burgh fans at present. A California Admonition. (Marysville Appeal.) Be broadminded! 'Patriotism dofi ; not ‘mean thit: German grted musthbe n‘flmekn- m’ Wr Trouble J znl tnu“at m‘ \-uar