New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 18, 1917, Page 17

- INNEED OF CLOTHES : "‘rnousinds Destitate When' Re- ~ leased From-Grip-of Germans —_—— :New York, May 18.—Conditions in the devastated ‘regions behing the present Anglo-French advance, as well as incidents of the heroism of Amer- jcan women in charge of Red Cross Felief work in towns near the front, are described in letters from France that have just been received by the New York County Chapter of the Amperican Red Cross. :The letters ask for the shipment at of -unlimited quantities of cloth- % for distribution among the refu- gees who are pouring into Paris, Amiens, and other cities in thousands. Underclothing of all kinds, socks, shirts, pajamas, handkerchiefs, slip- pers, sheets etc., are badly needed. ‘Thousands of the French civil popu- lation from: the regions formerly oc- cupied by the Germans are, accord- ing to these letters, in almost abject starvation. Many collapse from weak- ness after relief workers have reached b Some have not the strength n to chew their food. Men, wom- on and children are nothing but skin and bones, with' eves e¢ither faverishly ‘Bright, or nearly lifeless. For .seventeen months these people| mere forced to live only on black and rice, without meat of any kind. ‘They; hed no. olothing except Wwhat they woré. In 4 large orphan asylum ne&r Noyon children and people fromy j& city have slépt in the same clothes, ’without mattresses, pillows, or cover: | aigs; since last December. ~The Ger- mans aid not allow, them to go out or to' wash.. When they were found by the American relief workers they were fn an indescribable condition of flith. Even those who died sqmetimes had. tgsbe kept for five days in the rooms with the living' before the Germans would permit their removal. In: Noyon, which is the center for <“American relief in the devastated dis. -trict; Red Cross workers did not find a vnsla unbroken pane - of glass. There was not a stick of furniture or a shred of clothing. Most of the +houses were destroyed. In a’ city of rmally 7,000 or- §,000 people, more 15,000 refugees from the ‘sur rounding country were crowded. Everywhere the American women were recetved with joy, by soldiers and clvilians alfke. In Chambery the sol- diers insisted on giving a fete for .the ‘Dames Americaines, and on a stige #rected out of tables, they sang songs, ', recited and cheered the United States. The city officials presented wreaths k the mayor made a speech. The bravery of Mme. .Carrel, wife of Dr. Alexis Carrel, head of the American hospital at Compeigne, 18 tlso told in one of these letters. When ,Word of the German retreat from the ‘Bomme first reached Mme. Carrel, she started at once for Ribecourt, but the dges were' blown up and she had ‘turn back. The following day Mme. - Carrel. asked the Medicin-Chef of the igspital . for an ambulance, but sus- ®cting her purpose, he refused, say- I8g it-was not at all necessary for her ta get killed. gl sNext, Mme. Carrel went direct to the ambulances, and ordered a chauf- JULY. BABY’S MONTH. e Big Shows and Perambulator Parades Planned in England. London, May 16—One thousand baby shows and perambulator parades will be part of a great national cam- paign to be held in England during the first week of July to promote the health and ‘welfare of bables. Mayors, medical officers of health and town clerks in 250 districts will co-operate with the National Baby ‘Week Council which is’ promoting the shows! Lord Rhondda is chair- man of the council ‘which includes members of the cabinet, doctors and social workers- In each of the 350 districts . there will be a mothercraft and baby wel- fare exhibition with competitions, and blains and’ other infantile troubles. SOHO WITHOUT SPAGHETTI. London, May 18.—8oho, London's Latin quarter, has just passed through a .spaghetti-less week. The national dish of Italy had long ago been placed on the list of prohibited imports but the supplies on hand ‘were not ex- hausted until & week ago. Then all Soho mourned. Now, however, this is'all changed. A son of sunny Italy who conducts one of the tempting tahjle d’hote resorts in the Ital col- ony gqame to the rescue by set g up & macaroni factory.” He haw not been able to make spaghetti, which requires special machinery to make the holes in it but he is turning out miles of the long, -narrow ribbons calied maca- roni. This will have to. _suffice until the spaghetti-making machinery -ar- rives from his native land. ., House Shortage in England. - London, May 18.—To keep pace with the increase of population, the demands of sadiation and the :re- newal of wornout buildings, at least 10(200 small houses should be built in England every year, says an official report just issued. Last year the num- ::;-ot (:ut'h houses built was only 10,- an e present shortage is cl to 500,000. 3 ™ ” STOCKBROKERS HAVE REG! London, ‘May 18.—Members of the London stock!exchange were the first troops to enter Bagdad. The stock- brokers were headed by one of their most prominent members, now a major in their regiment. The older members of the Exehange assembled on the floor the other day were told of the exploits of their younger buusi- ness rivals by Field Marshal Lord Greentell. NEW BRITAIN. DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1017. TO DETHRONE MONARCHS. Melhourne, * Australia, “May 18.— Anti-British sentiments were ox- pressed in a speech delivered recently in Parliament by Senator J. C. Stew- art of Queensland. Senator Stewart advised the people to dethrone every monarch after the war including the King of England. When Premier Hughes’ attention was called 'to this speech and hg was asked in the Hause of Representatives whether he would take steps under the war precautions act to prevent men who had taker the oath of allegiance from giving ‘‘utter- ance to such treasonable and disloyal statements,”” he replied: “A man who after taking the oath makes such statements is not in my opinion fit ta be guillotined.” TO REDUCE VISIBILITY. New York, May 18.—To save steam- ers from destruction by submarines, experiments have been made off the Atlantic coast in the reduction of vis- ibility it is. claimed by new methods of painting their hulls, it is announced. The results, it is claimed, show that the vessels when painted by the new method cannot be seen more than about half the distance at which they would be visible if, painted in the or- dinary manner. The experiments have been .conducted by Lewis Herzog, an artist and member of the New York Yacht club. The new method of painting was not made public. . PEOPLE TO ELECT CANDIDATE.' ‘Mexico City, May '18.-—President Carransa has issued a circular in- ‘forming theé' people-that the .govern- ament is not supporting any candidate for e -office and that each citizen will be given the most:complete guar- antees of freedom to vote.for whom' he desires. The circular declares that it was in order that there sliould be no influence exerted on the voters that "he had removed. certain governors and postponed the election .in .certain states. : R A T BASE HOSPITAL IN LIVERPOOL. Liverpool, May 18.—A main base hospite] for Canadian troops probably will be established here. It will pro- wvide accommodation for at léast 1,500 conval nt Canadian soldiers. The site is now owned by church interests. It comg’rxm sixteen acres. CHINDA SPEAKS IN ENGLISH. London, May ‘18.—Viscount Chinda, Japanese ambassador to England, su: pris a group of members of Par- Hament, whose guest he was the other day, by making a speech in perfect English. He was described as INVITED TO VISIT U. S. ¥rench Mission, Touring Through Engiand, May Call on America. London, May{ 18.—The special French mission which is now visiting England to study the English cadet system and the tralning of Bay Sceuts has been invited to visit the United States for similar observations. The subject is one which has attracted great Interesi In France, where the Boy Scout scheme has been. imitated to some extent, The French mission includes Majar. Royat, chief of military preparation at the French war office; Major Jla- brosse, commanding officer of the French physical and bayonet training agmy school at Joincille; Captain Blanchard, chief instructer of Les Eclairaurs de France (French boy scouts), and Captain Desouthes, inter- preter, general staff, French army. . _BAN ON WAR MEDAILS. London, May 18.—An- official ban has been:placed on the wearing of miniature war medals and decorations, unless in the case of such persons. to whom they have been actually awarded. manufactured minjatures of war honors such as broothes, bracelets and lockets has been informed that they will not be allowed to sell them. The idea is to prevent the cheapening of war honors, WOMEN TAXI DRIVERS. Edinburgh, Scotland, Mey 18.~~The Edinburgh municipal authorities have decided, owing to the scarcity of male labor,- to license women as taxicab drivers. . The' decision is bitterly re- sented by the taxicab = men, who threaten to strike. . * NAMEND SHIPPING DAW.: ¢ London, May 18.—Suggestions have been made by a sub-committee of the Unionists War Committee -to amend the ‘shipping law 8o’ as to makelTt A firm which 'recently, CAMBRIDGE GIVEN $50,000. ; Cambridge, England, May 18.—An anonymous ‘Anferican donor has given Cambridge University, $50,000 as an endowment fund far the inauguration of a school of Spanish -language, literature and history. THO MOTHERS TELL How Their Sickly Children Were i Made Strong and Well. “For six years our little.girl suf- féred from a bronchial trouble, she had no appetite, could not sleep and was s0 nervous we had to keep her out of school. The doctors sald nothing but a change of clf would help her. We were didcour- aged, when one day a friend asked us to try Vinol, and after, taking six bottles she does not look like the same -child. She has a flne appetite, is lively, healthy and well. and Vinol did it all"—Mrs F. E. Hufford, Iola, Another child made strong:— “The measles left my little girl thin and delicate, and the doctor’s medi- cirfe did not seem to build her up. I read about Vinol and got a bottle, and her improvement was rapid, her strength’ returned and she is now as well as ever.” burg, Pa. ‘We ask every New Britain mother of a frail sickly, ailing child to try Vinol on our guarantee to return their money if it does not restore her child’s riormal health. The Clark & Brainerd Co., drug- gists; Liggett’s, Riker-Hegeman drug store; John J. McBriarty; Nathan Mrs. E. Linot, Pitts- 'Noveds; W. H. Russell, New Britain, Aldo at the leading drug store in -all Connecticut tow: illegal for foreigners ‘to own shares{ in British ships or.in companies and corporation: owning ‘British' ships! i § COAD MINING IN BRITAIN. London, May 18-~~Official figures show that there are mow 1,001,300 | ipersons employed in coal mining in | “I Great Britain. possessing the ‘‘quiet, impassive style of the Oriental. B s “felir to take one ,of the cars, fill it | {wigh all the supplies available and go her. Against the chauffeur's pratest. that he:-had: no orders; ‘they.} . bve through lines of advancing ch artillery until they reached the dge at Ribeconrt. Here Mme. Car- waited for twenty minutes while the last nall§ were being drivem into tike temporary structure. - Her car was the first to cross. y 'me. Carrel’s ambulance was driv- ek forward with the artillery convoys. e building of a second bridge held- . !#m up again before they reached Noyon. Within - twenty-four hours m:- the Germans had moved dut e. Carrel was in the city.” She was __the first woman to enter, bringing suc- toy and words of love to the stricken Inhabitants. COMPLETE. . And there is no change in the well known BStackpole-Moore- "' Tryon Co.. Standards of Qual- }* ity in Relation to Price. THIS MEANS SOMETHING TO SHIRT BUYERS! If you understand the present Silk Shirt sifuation from the . manufacturing snd retailing standpoints, you would under- stand the importance of such statements. ' * The present situation in Fine Shirts is unprecedented. Fine Shirts are 80 scarce this year £ that it becomes increasingly important for you to buy Shirts where you know what you are etting. » “ In the interest of 'ultimate economy we advise buying now. NECKWEAR, TOO. . economy we advise buying here 36 ckpole-Moore- % Ey;_on Co. . #4 +8t.,, Havtford. One Dollar and More WHAT FOR? —asKs The Newark Shoe MaKer. YOU,don’t pay A Dollar and more than you need ‘4 to when you buy the Newark Shoe, for three reasons, viz:— No. 1. more than Three Million Our gigantic National distribution of pairs of Shoes a year means LOW COST OF PRODUCTION. No. 2. Operating our own chain of 257 Newark Shoe Stores in ‘97 leading cities of the United States, MEANS LOW COST OF DISTRIBUTION. No. 3. Having placed contracts way before the big' advances took place, MEANS LOW SELLING PRICE OF. SHOES. You know, as well as we do, that the shoes we are selling today at $2.50, $2.95 and $3.50 cost more than that to produce. We are NOT selling our shoes on the basis of replacement. If we did, we could clean up a vast sum of money. Rather than that, we are protecting our customer-friends with low\prices as long as we can, believing they will appreciate our fairness by continued patronage. Come see these Smart Styles for Spring and Summer and “Save A Dolk ar” and more. ; ¢ NEW BRlTAiN STORE 324 MAIN ST., Near R. Open ‘Mondey and Saturday Evenings. —257 Stores in 97 Cities— R. Crossing | 12 to 15% Extra Weight 7HEN you buy your next tire make this simple .| test. Let us weigh a Michelin Universal Tire in comparison with any other non-skid of the same size. % You will find the Michelin 12 to 25% heavier than the average, the exact percentage depending on the sise of the tires used in the test. This extra weight represents extra rubberand fabric,) - which means extra service. : . 'THE GUNN RUBBER CO., INC. 87 East Main Street—Hartford. New Britain and Waterbury it A choice selection of fine, coarse and: weaves, in all heights and shapes, to heads and all purses. . $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $350 YOUNG MEN like the styles of Suif§ we show. BECAUSE = - : i THERE'S REAL STYLE TO THEM THEY'RE EXCLUSIVELY DIFFERENT THEY ARE BUILT TO SATISFY CONSERVATIVE MEN are more than with the styles of suits we show B THEY WERE DESIGNED TO NEWNESS OF FASHION IN A TONE and THEY'RE RIGHT IN - CAUSE THEY ARE MADE IN A SCIEN- TIFIC DAY, to FIT the man who is a little | out of the ordinary. - < YATION, - but THEY RARELY NEED AL ives one the impres of