New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 18, 1917, Page 9

‘With the United States Atlantic set, June 18.—It was two bells in afternoon watch when the shrill trill of the bos'n’s whistles are heard Diping the crews .of the mighty dreadnoughts to the rails and the sing-song of the bos'n's mates carry out over the water, “Liberty party to This is_the ‘summons given three times” each week to the.men the 2Atiantic Pleet to take their hours of on' on the immense athletic Pprovided for them by the Navy e. By the hundreds, en every leship and cruiser,. the youthtul, fvmu uniformed Jackies came rush- liberty inspection, ® “Two long White lines form on deck every man stands rigidly at at- while officers’ pass along g the appearance of each one. uniforms are spatlessly white. shoes freshly blackened. Off their little round white caps to that their hair is closely p No visitor to the fleet falls struck, when he-views that line inspection, with the extreme youth he ‘men, their intelligent faces and pY, ‘#mart appearance. The aver- age appears to be less than 20 “and many of them seem barely ‘have passed their 18th birthday rthe date of their enlistmeéng. From state in the Union they hail middle west. - A col- | certainly of America’é finest ‘on the deck of a floating “to form 'the first line of the n's defense. every sun tanned face is worn-a d smile in expectation of the / 'that the afternoon will bring. 4 the rail, .the visitor sees the 's launches bobbing about in the f.‘ ly with the bowmen holding fast thie ship's side with their boathooks. [Fhen the sharp word of command figs out on deck and the white line “sallors begins to 'move forward d the gangway and the men go the side to the walting launches. INscipline begins to' give way a little ‘this' point, although the coxswain he boat is all business as he ‘calls ‘the bowmen to shove off. The af- noon’s’ recreation - has begun. ousands of ~superfluously healthy, lutely carefree and very young fién are turned loose. To be'surs is the provost guard with their en’s sticks, but that igwnaly' to against the ‘chances "Gf “ugly 6d developing from the fun, which en the dock at the athletic field reached the men from the launches T ‘and” immediately Pop. _80ld faster than corks can be The man who gets anything ¥ the canteen counter fights for it. ust come with your change * or go without.* There is -too féh business to stop Po ~chagge [Bidney. pump receives the overflow from ‘canteen and those who have been fhle to spend = their money for . or ‘pop’ take- their chances on iting ducked under the pump. A mer drives onto the fleld with a {@''of watermelons. At 60 cents ce his watermelons last about 50 pnds. © A colored 'cook’s helper a melon and dives into it when huge hand belonging to a Jackie om an Indiana farm buries the 's fave into the melon up’to his {Another - ‘enterprising farmer jngs+ some old farm nags on the d to hire themi out for ‘“‘gentle- 's mounts” to the sailors. Obvi- ly the: horses are about as. used to heir saddles as a hog is. ‘to work. t they are hired by the sailors at ny price the farmer asks. A lad ling from Maine takes his first pee on horseback and slides down e horse's necl His shipmate, yells him, “Go aft, you fool, go aft. The thousands of Jackies swarm r. the fileld. Hundreds of them - and run for the beach for a M., A crowd of them gather at practice with small rifles Six' 'fhe “ten baseball diamonds ‘are stly put into use by scrub teams. fAnd then more launches from the jitleships come in bringing the star s;, geball teams from four of ‘the iitleships. A double-header is to be 'ed between four of the best teams be fleet in a series to determine jeet championship. -The grand ds fill rapidly and soon they are !'elling sea of white suits and red brown fates as the sailors cheer Mr ship’s’ teams on to victory, Rattling good ball is played by these navy teams. The-nine men on the 3 ond ‘represent the pick of a mnnd from a battleship and they Piay with the interest and a good bit “th® money of the whole crew bscking them. They train and work mmonths for a championship series ‘this, It 4s°the’ liberality of private Ameri- citizens that has given these men the fleet their big. athletic field. m the war came on the fleet lost fncomgq it -usually had for its e fund from the Guantanamo en -and the Navy League of the ed States offered to lay out a d for the men of the fleet. In all out 115 ‘acres have been obtained. round - has been levelled, lpughed and prepared. Ten baseball fmonds have been laid out. Docks gré built at the water's edge A n.i beach was cleared. The rs Of the fleet also were pro- wuh tennis courts and a golf Every sort of sport is found The result is that every man tha fleet. has plenity of healthy out- ‘the officers of the fleet .th Qrovhlon for their rec- hn dome 'much to provide py -hipa" in the fleet as it waits blo lin-’ in dtfé& Alization LORD RHONDDA BRITAIN FOOD POST on deck to form into line for the | Lord Rhondda, appointed food con- troller of Great Britain in place of Lord Devonport, who resigned on ac- count of {liness, has held the post of president of the local government board in the present’ministry. He is elsh coal magnate and was David A. Thomas before his elevation to the peerage. "Lord Rhondda has visted the United States, - J. 0. MILLS BUY STORE. Assumes ‘Management of Westerly anmuzecomyuwm,n,l. John O. Mills, formerly jn business in this city, has purchased the West- erly Furniture company, located at 28 High street, Westerly, R. I. Here- after the store will be known ‘as th Westerly Furniture company, John O. Mills, Prop. Mr. Mills assumed th active management of the store this morning. The new enterprise upon which the former local business man has. em- barked is one long established in the Rhode Island city, it having been organized there twenty-eight ‘years ago. LONE AIRMAN GETS ZEPPELIN 'RAIDER | Engages It in Battle and Bridgs " Itto Farth London, Jume 18.—A 1éhe Biitlsh airman destroyed a German Zeppelin and sent her crashing to the ground, wkils flames charred those members of the crew who stuck to the machine rather than dive overboard to sure death thousands of feet below. This is the second time during the war that such an exploit has been performed by a single fiyer. The military authorities are withholding —temporarily at least—the name of the hero. At about 2:30 the Zeppelin ap- peared over the east coast town of West Anglla and awakened the townpeople with bombs. She was en- gaged immediately by anti-aircraft guns. Hundreds of the town’s people rushed from their homes half dressed and watched the fighting, which last- ed more than an hour. It is believed that at least ome of the shells from the land battery struck the Zeppelin. Finally she started to float toward the south- east just as a British airplane ap- peared on the scene. As the glant German fiyer tried to make ‘a get- away in the darkness searchlights from below were trained on her and her course was illuminated so that the spectators saw every movement. As the British airman pursued, the Zeppelin turned and twisted in an at- tempt to dodge the shots from his rapid fire gyn. ‘The airman headed straight at her and sent shot after shot into her great black body. The Zeppelin turned her batteries upon the flyer, but the shots ap- peared to go wild. Finally a second flyer ascended. Before he reached the fighting zone the crowd below let out a great cheer as flames en- veloped the Zeppelin and she went crashing to the ground. Pedestrians and cyclists dashed off in the direction of thé spot where the Zeppelin fell, but few of them succeeded in locating the wreck which was found several miles from the coast. An ambulance was rushed to the scene but the surgeons found nothing for them to do—the Germans were all dead and badly charred. ‘Within' a few minutes after the Zeppelin struck the ground the Brit- ish airman descended nearby, un- harmed. MISS BURNS BREAKS REOORD, Los Angelcs Girl Natator Swims 150 Yards Back Stroke in 2:26 1-5, Los Angeles, Cal. June 18.—Dor- othy Burns of the Los Angeles Ath- letic club established a2 new Amer- ican record here last night of 2 minutes, 26 1-5 second, for the wom- an’s 150-yard back stroke swim and retained the national: championship. Her former record, made June 29, 1916, was 2:883. Ralph Ong, of the L.os Angeles Ath- letic_club, won, the national cham- plontflp in° the plunge for distance, Distance. 71 foet. NEW' BRITAIN DAILY HBRALb MONDAY JUNE 1s, 1017 | 'TOO OLD TO FIGHT BUT TOO YOUNG TO REMAIN INACTIVE Rev. Lyman S. Johnson Takes Up Prison Work and Dr. R. M. Griswold Offers Services As Pilot or (Special to the Herald.) = ‘ Hartford, June 18.—Many thou- sands of Connecticut men, women apd children are engeged in patriotic urvleo. Although it is impossible even to. guess the exact number of ‘People within the state conscientious- 'REV. L. S. JOHNSON. ————— e 1y endesvoring to do their part, re: .plies. Teceived Dby the . Connecticut ‘State Council of Defense to a circular recently ‘sent out, indicate that a vast number are working along pa- triotic lines and that there is not a town in the state which has not some organization or group of persons try- ing to’serve to the best of their abil- ty. The defense council has a com- mittee,- of which former Governor Frank B. Weeks is chairman, which will have as its work the great task of co-ordinating the mgny, agencies which are .deing war work of one kind or another and to this commit. tee the many replies to the circular already received haye been referred. “How to Serve Without Waste of Time Or Energy” was the title of the Message sent to all parts of the state by the Defense Council- It outlined the objects of the state council and its relation to the federal govern- ment as an arm of the Council of National Defense, and urged individ- uals to report to the council the var- fous actlvitids in their communities, so that needless duplications might be avalded and Connecticut be put in a position to go ahead with its war work in ‘the most: efficient. manner possible. The replles have made it plain that the patriotism of Connec- ticut has been aroused and that there DR. R. M. GRISWOLD. i SO TR AR e are, & great number “doing their bit” to the limit of their time and ability. The defense council is anxious to hear from all organizations or groups which are engaged in patriotic Work, in order that the replies telling what each is doing may be referred to former Governor Weeks' committee, of which Rev. Dr. J. J. CcCook is a member, and for which several ad- ditional members soon - will be named. $ Releases One for Service - A few of the replies already ree ceived indicate the. spirit with which Connecticut people are facing the problem before them. For instance, Rev. Lyman 8. Johnson of New Brit- ain, a Civil war veteran who served with General Joseph R. Hawley's fa. mous Seventk, C. V., has written the council that, although he is in his 80th year and has been forced into the retired list under the advice of physicians, he has taken up the work' of Captain Clarence M. Thompson of Company H, 1st Connecticut Infantry, allowing Captain Thompson to join the colors' without feeling that his work will not be taken care of in his absence. Captain Thompson is secretary of the Connecticut Prison association and his dutiés consist of talking with the men who leave the state prlnn at Wethersfield and start- ing them on the right track when regain their freedom. Mr. Johnson, in his letter, says “I deem this a temporary appointment, but for the time being it releases one for active gervice. If there is anything else I can do to aid the country in its”pres- ent crisis, I hope to be responsive to your call” . R, M. Griswold oi’ Kensington, who represented the town of Berlin in the legislature of 1915, has writ- ten that he is 64 years old but is ready to serve in any capacity for which he is fitted. He says that he is enrolled for service as coast pilot between Boston and Stamford and is ready to take up that line of work it he can take the nllu of & nunm man needed to go somewhere _else. He is aldo qualified, he says, for work as instructor in target or rifie work, or service in a base hospital. His Dr. M. H, Griswold, is with the medi- cal reserve corps at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Juage” Epaphroditus Peck of Bris- tol has written, “If the Connecticut council has any work in Bristol (or .j outside of it) to whioch they would like to assign me, I shall be glad to undertake it, if within my powers.:’ E. G. Buckland of New Haven, an official of the ‘‘New Haven” road, is already acting as chief of railroad transportation for the Home' Guurd'un do - personally and what. bis under appointment by the military emergency board and writes that he is ready to offer \his services for any place he may be able to fill; D. A. R. in State Active. ° The council of defense has received & long letter from Mrs.!John Leidlaw Buel of Litchfleld, state regegt of the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion, In which she outlines the splen- did work being done byl the fifty chapters of the D. A, R. throughout the state and says, “I should be glad of any service that may assist me in co-ordinating our work with that of others and that will avold confusiog and duplication.” Ministers Helping. Rev. Dr. William Horace Day, pas- tor of the United Church of Bridge- port, has written the = council, en- closing a copy of the blank used for the census of resources which has been taken in his church, and offers co-operation: with the council. . Rev, G. Whitefleld Simonson, minis- ter of the Methodist Episcopal church of Seymour, has sent to the council a request for suggestiohs as to what he church can do. From Charles L. Gaylqrd, president of the Bridgeport Busineas Men's as- soclation the council has received a letter in which he says thst his or- ganisstion will assist in ‘any way which the ocouncil may indicate. In addition to these, res of let- ters have been receiv from: in- dividuals in all parts of the state, out- lining what they are doing in Red Cross work, in connection with the National League for Women's Bervice, for the comforts committee of the Navy League of the United States anda long other important war work lines. BRADY AND TELDIER WIN. Brookiyn, Mass., June 18.—M. J. Brady l.ud Louls Tellier; professional gvlfm yesterday, defeated Francis Ouimet, former national amateur and national open champion, and Jessie Guilford, state amateur title holder, by a score of 1 up. The match, played at thirty-six holes on the links of The Country club, was arranged : to obtain money for a war ambulance fund. ( )I‘]Q/m» [Chidl Gum Cambeidge, June 'Harte of Philadelphia, B 'known athlete and first m the senior class, who has ing at Plattsburgh, will not for class day tomorrow as h&x joined an artillery command at a southern camp. > Coolidge of Boston, sscond will lead the class to the Mufl. mile national walking 1 terday won the fifteen-mile walk held in place of the’m tan championship event at ; Dam Park. under the. nuplml o! Walker’s Club of America, - new American record time of l"‘l beating out a field of thirty flm testants in one of the most spactacs lar walking competitions over '.' distance ever held. The best pravio) American mark for the ' distance 2:14:44, made by . W, O'Keefe . wmum-bum L. L, in. 1880, Vlce-Presldent of the Hal Motor Car Company. says: “I find Adams Pepsin helps me over strenuous moments, aids me to concentrate and relieves. fatlgue. Very delicious pepper- THE BIG BUSINESS-MANS GUM la: _the Stmgg!e for Wealth take care of yo