New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 18, 1917, Page 3

,mHEfl | filmflvovulflyuflpmodflfleu priced as present conditions will al- fow. FOR MEN B. V. D. Shirts and Drawers 50c each 3. V. D, Union Suits ......$1.00 each | :-nnmnuuonm ....125 each 3 Pajamas, white and colors : i $1.00 and $1.50 ...50c to $2.00 Shirts all shades ....80c to $1.35 . _FOR WOMEN -hibition: would: be ‘confiscation. They did not mean what.they said because they well knew ‘that we did not pro- pose to confiscate anything from its rightful owners to convert to private or public use. It never was in our plan to take away their horses, wag- ons and stables, their buildings, store- houses or machinery. Every dollar of their investment would still be theirs, We refuse only to renew the expired license to make flery liquors therein. Their contract with the atdte for a‘ twelve-months ‘license to prosecute a . Horrd D Distlng| Mohinry oud B el | o, o Clinton N. Howard of Rochester, N. | pires, and we decline to renew it. That Y., one of the best-known speakers in | it all that prohibition at any time the East on prohibition, spoke last| would do. evening at Trinity, Methodisst church “What they mesnt to ask was— on the subfect “The World on Fire.” | ‘What will we do with our property Following his talk he called for sign: ‘when prohibited from making alcohol- tures to telegrams to send to Washing- | ic poison?’ We answer now: make al- ton, which, he explained, were for the | cohol for light and heat; make alcohol purpose of demonstrating to President | as a substitute for gasoline for power; ‘Wilson and Congress thatthe state of | make alcohol for powder and muni- Connecticut is {n & receptive mood in | tions of war. One of the principal regard to prohibition. constituent parts of 'all munitions of According to Mr. Howard he had | war is alcohol. A sounded President Wilson on his views quote from their own clip sheet in regard to prohibition and the pres- | for March, 1917, in a labored argu- ident had told him that he was In fa- | ment against prohibition, by Daniel vor of the movement but he wished to | Russell, insisting that it would ‘de- sound the people on the question. If | stroy’ the alcohol resources of the the president received & deluge of tele- | nation: ‘Alcohol is an essential in- grams, sald Mr. Howard, he would be | gredient Inthe production of smoke- convinced that Connecticut wanted | less powder, the only kind used In prohibition. At a similar meeting held | modern warfare, Two. pounds of it {in South Manchester and Hartford { are required to make one pound of b, y practically everyone signed | powder and every time a giant howit- L telegrams, stated Mr. Howard. | zer is fired about fifty gallons of also- “The World on Fire” lecture of Mr. | holis consumed.’ He quotes from ‘Al- Howard follows: - | cohol Industry and Preparedness,’ by “We have embarked upon a task | Col. E. J. Moore, as saying ‘that, the that for three years has proven too | present annual output of alcohol in much for the combined military and | this ecountry would not be sufficient to naval powers of the world, excepting { supply one-third of the smokeless our own. We are not insensible to | powder used in the four-days’ engage- our numbers, our wealth or our sisé | ment at Verdun—during which large- &s. compared with the foe we have | calibre suns were discharged four mil- challenged; but it is not a question of | lion fimes.’ He quotes Hon. W. L. numbers, weaitk or size; it is a ques- | Saunders, president of the American FOR WAR PURPDSES «] tion of organization, efficiency and | Institute of Naval Engineers and a preparation. War is no longer a col- | member of the naval advisory board { lision between two armed forces; war | as saying. ‘that if the United States is a contest of economic resources. | required ammunition to the.extent ac- The man st the forge and the man | tually consumed in one’ day's bom- with & hoe is'as much a soldier as the | bardment at Verdun, it would take :-n with the sword. The secret of | practically five years to furnish it It ctory,. Nestor told the Greeks, is get- | is evident therefore from their own ting a good ready, To be prepared | argument that every dollar of their h—.hllt ‘way to victory. investment may now -be profitably so “We are wholly unprepared on land | employed, and the stock of whiskey or sea, and cannot be prepared for |in bond redistilled for such use with- months and months to come. If the [ out appreciable- loss. ‘war is prolonged, it will tax the finan- cial, industrial and agricultural’ re- sources of the nation as no previous war in our history. To. fight it and win it, we need to conserve every re- source of the nation. The Compensations of ‘War “What compensation shall be ours for this expenditure of countless treas- use, this sacrifice of human blood? It the war stopped today it might with truth be said that it was worth all it cost to the nations that were plunged into it in self defense by the unsheathing of the Prussian sword. “But what shall be our reward? If Wwe are to. pour our our money and blood we must insist that we shall have a fair return for the price we pay. How can it'be done? By the fraposition of ‘an.:ind ty: upon- the nation which suffers defeat 'at our hands? Let Germany pay—No! net one dollar indemnity from the Ger- man people shall be ours; but the crown of Emperor Willlam must be laid at the feet of Uncle Sam! The House of Hohenzollern must fall! The men who made this war must not be allowed to dictate the terms of peace. Punish ‘the rulers: who have commit- ted the world assassination without consulting their people, and of their wn subjects as well as those of. other nations, but not one dollar indemnity from the German people in the event that we, together with the Allies, shall win the war. If the terms of peace should ‘include a war indemnity, let it go to Belgium, Serbia, Poland and Armenia. & Our Heritage “We of America must find our com- pensation at home. How can it be done? Nearly all the compensations which the other nations have gained are already ours. Our sword has been sheathed for a generation; civil gow- ernment with. us has always been in the ascendant over militarism and peace over preparedness; democracy is ours; we have a free press, we en- joy tree speech and aifreeman’s vote; woman’s vote is here in a score of states and coming tomorrow in all the rest; .religious Jliberty and equality without regard to race prevails under Old Glory as nowhere else in the world. % “How then can we be compensated for the war into which we have so unwillingly been drawn for the bene- fit of others? No Other Way Under Heaven “QOnly in one way that is big enough to be named in the same breath with Europe's gain; the abolition of the liquor traffic! by naf -wide, bone- dry, rock-ribbed, bomb-proof, never- leak prohibition as.the largest possi- ble. military preparation and the only adequate compensation for the price we pay. “Russia has it with all its blessings, why not we? Canada has it, and has been able to make a contribution to the war in money, munitions and men out of all proportion to her ‘numbers, and finds herself richer and more prosperous than before the sacrifice was made; why not we? Each adopt- ed this policy as an internement for the war; and amagzed at the beneficent results, interred the bones of Bacchus and the gall of Gambrinus for all time. “Every war in which we ‘were ever engaged brought us some compensa- tion worthy of the price we paid. -The war of the revolution brought us in- dependence; the war with Mexico brought us the extension of our na- tional domain to its natural boundaries at the Rio Grande; the war between the states brought freedom to & sub- jugated race; the war with Spain brought liberation to Cuba and civil- igation to the Philippines; why not this war unsought the abolition of drink? Loss of Revenue and Work “Such use completely 'demolishes their revenue argument; for Wwhat would it profit the government to collect a tax on alcohol to be sold with the addition of the tax back to 1teelf ? ‘ % “They have sald that prohibition would rob men of employment. This is & part of the statement made at the hearing before the Senate. “They have told us that the adop- tion of prohibition would destroy the farmer’s market for his grain. Not while there are armies to be fed; not while there are food riots abroad and hungry women and children at home. We need every bushel of wheat, rye and barley and every pound of corn ‘for bread. * “ & “Eight million barrels is the annual ‘production of beer ii\’the city of New York.” Héalth Commifssionér Ererson states that it répresents 134,000 tons of grain and 16,000 tons of sugar and asks, ‘Does any one seriously deny that the time has come when this enormous waste sholl be curtailed? ““More bread and less beer,” is the cry of all reasonable’ people.” The Natlon’s Crime. | “What would, be the effect upon the food conservation of the nation if the 110,000,000 bushels of = grain made into 2,000,000,000 gallons of beer and 140,000,000 gallons, of - whiskey con- sumed in this country last vear had ound: ipto gl‘!‘ and gaked into bread? If would give a logft of bread every day in the year to. 15,000,000 families!. The national defense coun- cil make the statement, in supporting prohibition for the period of the war, that six billion pounds of, foodstuffs go into the manufacture of intoxica- ting liquor every year. < “If is a collassal crime to convert this food into poison while the world starves and the price of food is be- yond the reach of the poor. “Stop this waste, grind that 110,- 000,000 bushels of grain into flour and bake it into bread to feed the hungry women and children as was done upon the declaration of war while it was', still ‘Darkest Russia.’ Let us begin the conservation of our food supply by the immediate adop- tlon of national prohibition before the { evll day of war famine and bread riots, come. . “Bread! Nations cannot fight on an empty stomach, and the hunger cry of the women and children at home will dishearten the men and threaten revolution. Food! Cut off the food supply and the war game is done. America Not Immune. “And think you that we are to escape the privations of war? If this war against the Central Powers is to be won we must not only feed our- selves but France and England and Belgium as well. We must not only supply. them with munitions, we must supply them with food. And we do not have at this hour a surplus of food products.” We are eating today what a generation ago was thrown to’ the dogs. And the price! More than double what they were paying ten years ago. My family of nine, of ten years ago, reduced by death and col- lege to five, costs double to provision at the prevailing prices for food. Flour at $12 per barrel and is lkely to go to $20 before the war is over. The emergency is upon us now and unless we make immediate provision to meet it you will see ‘repeated in this former land of plenty the food canditions and bread riots of the old world. Our One Salvation. “Food, money and men are the chief factors In war as they are In peace. FPronibition provides the food by converting the staff of life into “bread Instead of beer; _prohibition Stripped! “Every argument of the liquor traf- fic for another day of life is swept away by the war: not one leg has it to stand on. They have said that pro- provides the maney to buy the bread; and - prohibition ‘will put two billion five hundred million dollars into the i pockets of the people to pay the cost of the war; and the Indirect cost of drink to the country would pay the " Pension account and the {aterest on the war debt of. the -nation, “Immediate - prohibition Is a su-; preme military necessity, and would mean victory against any nation that Temains in partnership with rum. I do nat tremble for my ‘country; I do not fear the ultimate result however long- drawn out the-conflict; but na- tional prohibition® would make r- ance' doubly sute; accelerate. the vic- tory; work bh-gn‘- upon all, hard- ships upon none ,and pay dividends for .eternity when peace’shall come. “‘God bless and guide the congress and the - president of the United States in this trying hour. RUSSIA VOTES FOR OFFENSIVE AT ONGE Duma Declares Against Separate Peace—Grimm fo Be Expelled- Petrograd (via London), June 18.— The Duma in secret session has passed & resolution for an immediate offen- sive by the Ruasian troops. The resolution declares a separate peace with Germany or prolonged in- activity on the battle front to be ig- noble treason toward :Russia’s alfies; for 'which future gene: ns never would pardon the Russia of the pres- ent day. ; S0 *“The Duma therefore considers,” the ‘resolution adds, “that the safety of Russia and the maintenance of the liberties’ which have been obtained lie in an immediate offensive in close co- operation with Russia’s allies.” | The announcement last: week that the cabinet had decided to suggest a conference the Allies for examina- tion of treaties is followed by: the ' publication of ‘the note sént to the * other ‘governments inquestion. Thé note. suggests a conference to revise the agreements existing among the! " Allles as to war aims, with the excep- | tion of the London agreement, which provides that none of the signatory powers shall conclude a separate peace. i E . The-first act of the Pan-Russian congress of all counclls of. workmen's and- soldiers’ delegates; upon which depends the . immediate’ destiny of Russia in regard both to international and domestic questions, was to ratify the expuision of the provisional xov-] ernment ‘of the Swise socialist, Robert Grimm, who is reported to have been the medium through which ‘the Ger- mans attempted to ‘arrange a separate peace with Russia. . 4 Grimm’s case ‘was taken up, when the . congress assembled. -Saturday night, immediately after the delegates had elected as-their president N. C. Chikheidze, president of - the Petiro- grad council of workmen's and sol- diers’ delegates. Grimim’s éxpulsion was approvéd by the passage, with the vote of 640 to 121, of a resolution in- dorsing the action of Mr. Tseretelli and M. Skobeieff,. socialist members of the cabinet, who investigated the activities of the Swiss socialist” and brought about the order for his expul- sion. The coihgress expressed the view that the action of the ministers corre- sponded perfectly with fhe interests of 'the Russian revolution and the : soclalist internationale. It welcomed the decision of the ministers to pub- lish the full" detalls regarding the Grimm affair. The delegates also ‘passed a procla- mation opposing a separate peacc and exhorting all Russians “to rally : around the banner of revolution and increase the energy of the military power for the defense of.freedom:” The proclamation cites the receipt . of a wireless telegram from. Prince Leopold (Prince Leopold of Bavaria is the commander of the Germnn( armies on the Russian front,) assert- ing that the governments of the Central Powers are ready to conclude peace with Russia and asking Russia to send delegates to confer with them. The reply of the council is a declaration of its attitude and Min- ister of War Kerensky has caused It to be sent ‘to all troops on land and sea and it has been widely. circulated throughout the gountry. “Prince Leopold says he offers =a peace which need not necessitate » break with the Allies,” reads tho proclamation. “He says that be- cause he knows an offer of separate peace with Germany will be rejected by our troops.” 4 Discussing the projected truce with Austria, the delegates declare that they have not forgotten the Stokhod, and continue: 3 “Leopold has forgotten. The Rus- sians know to what places German divisions have been transferred—the Russians hear the roar of bloody fightlsig on’the Franco-BHtsh front, know that the wreck of the Allies means the wreck of the free armies of . revolutionary Russia—that .t means not only new aves of our brothers but the wreck of revolu- tionary freedom.” The proclamation declares that Russia will follow its own way to a general peace in spite of provocatory efforts, and says: : “Russia has undertaken the democracies of all fighting coun- tries in the struggle 2gainst ~world autocracy, but her plan will never be realized if German imperialism is able to utilize Russia’s longing for peace, to disunite her from her allies and ruin her army-. *“The revolutionary democracy of Russia is seeking a route to _peace through an appeal by the government created by democratic Russia to the governments of its allies, means of an -international conference of socialists. “Let the army by its energy and | cBurnse give power to the voice of dendoeracy. ) PRIEST WOULD SEND INGRATES FROM U. S Father Winters Dae_nds War As Just in Red Gross Appeal Rev. John T. Winters, pastor of St. Mary’s church. at the masses yester- day morning, read a communication from: R}, Rev. Bishop John J. Nilan of Hartford diocese, urging that all mentbers of the congregation give as liberally as possible to the big Red Cross campaign which opened today. Commenting on the letter from the episcopal ‘residence, Father Winters delivered one of the most eloquent war sermons ever heard within the walls of the church. The pastor strongly denounced those men who are trying to avoid assisting their couatry in this critical time and also { those who talking about the injustice of the war. He characterized .this class as ingrates, and said that theéy should leave the country in disgrace, for they were not wanted here. Father Winters said. the war was not one of injustice. Represestatives of the people im Washington had looked over the isituation carefully for many months and in thé end there wag no other hope for the na- tion other than the one taken, and now’ that the United States has en- tered in the conflict it was up to the young men of the country to: lend every bit of assistance to down des- potism. The priest said that unless the men of this country stood back of it, this country would find the |’ war right.at their own doors In Bishop Nilan's iletter was a strong appeal for support for ' the Red Cross, the missive analyzing the. wonderful work that the organization has done since the war broke out. Acting on instructions of the bishop, a ecollection will be taken up at all the masses in the church next Sun- day morning for the Red Cross and the Y. M. C. A. Army fund. Dr. T. E. Reeks and Mrs. Reeks are today receiving the congratula- tions of a large circle of friends on the birth of a baby daughter, born at the Hartford hospital early this morning. Both mother.and child are doing well. 3 & The test of the gopdness of Aurt Delia’s Bread is its taste. Ask your grocer for Aunt Delia’s Bread. OUR TUESDAY ~ SPECIALS Strawberry-Squares, made with fresh berries, each 25c. Chocolate Mocha Cakes, each 30c. Also individual Short Cake Biscuits, Maple Buns, English Bath Buns, Coffee Cakes, Boston Brown Bread: and Baked Beans, high grade Pound and Fruit Cake, and a large assortment of Pies with a juicy and delicious fillling and tender and well-baked crust. Hoffmann’s Bakery 62 West Main St.-TWO STORES-95 Arch S¢. to' unite and by For Two Days---Tuesday and Wednest Important Reductions on Seasonable Silks, The backward season and unfavorable weather haveé re in greater accumulations of stock than are desirable at this ' Consequently we are offering for two. days liberal ‘reductions regular prices. As you will notice, these great valués are on: that are in demand this season for summer wear. They are all} pendable silks and it you are practicing economy you will find your interest to buy during this sale, . : \ v ORIENTAL PONGEES These are very much in demand and they wash One of the most serviceable fabrics known. p OUR REGULAR $1.00 QUALITY ......cieussssn OUR REGULAR $1.50 QUALITY . aie ; YO SAN PONGEE Only a few left, plain and striped materials, fashlonable $3.00 qualities reduced for clearance to 95¢. 4 _ SOFT FINISH TAFFETAS . - Yard ‘wide, lustrous, soft finish firfi: shown in /the ‘re able choice collection of evening and et shades. Regular: $1.50 and $1.76, sale brice $1.19. % O GEORGETTE CREPE Every shade that you can desire, including white and " This 1s asplendid wearing quality. 40 inches wide, and: seils larly for $1.95, sale price $1.65. : ; S Pl _Leonard and Herrmana € ~ Suggestions For the “Girl Graduate SILK AND MUSLIN UNDERGARMENTS for Graduation Fine Materials, Neat Styles, Dainty Trimmfngs.' = . PREETTY GOWNS AT VERY MODEST PRICES . A dainty assortment of Crepe de Chine, Net, Voile Dreasses, show simple; but up-to-the-minute styles. : All ready to. without any last minute fuss or bother. e GRADUATION GLOVES—HO m—-rmm-— —CORSETS i Large assortments to choose from 'Dr. Glenny belioved Digestoneine to be ‘. - ered for Dyspepsia, I ion and meny other common forms. ol Distress. Immediatel i He B etc. Tomn:; o:dnl: e “.“"'lha igwrd ; -l.-r and emu:. vigorous appeti léh.n-mlmlt’ o am improving fn health since T have hess Your medictne, much. Ifi{flnumwlmgfl.’.m&.m*m.m g™ back satisfied. F particulass, Hterature and opinions CITY DRUG STORE; New Britain, Conn. We Give Royal Gold Trading Stamps—Ask for T Suggestions for Week of i = o s 5 Ibs Gianulated Sugar . ... .. .. ‘1 Castile Soap, 3 cakes in one .’ 1 pkg Baking Soda W 30 R. G. Stamps Free RED ALASKA SALMON ...............;a0 EXCELLENT FOR SALADS EXCEPTIONA Fancy Head . POST RICE TOASTIES alblle apkgife. PACIFIC TOILET PAPER ...............a 8 Salt ........4-1b bag 6¢c | Clothes Lines. . PINK SALMON ......... ' : A&P FLOUR sack $1.85 Subject to OChange With Marketa FORCE $ STAMPS FREE large ¢ 10 STAMPS ¥ with 1 bot Extract with 1 can'ARP Biking' \ 1 can No Rub ...