New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 22, 1917, Page 8

e Herald. mmxm COMPANY. ‘Wreprietors. exoepted) at 4:15 p. m., llding, €7 Church St. tha Post OfMos at New Britain - u-um':'mm." i advance, 60 cents a month, yoar. ts advertising medium in m books and press rtisers. A Gooa Substitute. ! the power to do hard work 1t 1s the best passible e faor it. : ~—JAMMS A. GARFIBELD. NOW IS THE TIME. -m% Red Cross nor the D o ;can afford to fail Cross War Council, who then critical period of the cam- has arrived, and we must not now. The gift of five million from the Rockefeller Foun- should not Iuil pairiotic and persons into believing that ooess af the fund is assured.” ity more than one-half of the d amount has been contrtbuted # Red Cross Fund. The grand . of $100,000,000 is looked for. ‘| upon by their brothers as fine samples THE SENSIBLE WAY. ‘fs-dasy to rall and rave at Eng- “for mot “doing her bit” It is J ny that France and the other "ot the-Wintente” Alles 'are i§ down.” To prave the conten- i is quite another matter. “We ur allies t6 do their bit,” shouts tative Mason of Illinols, “but see American flour cheaper on than it is in Chicago :we they are not only doing bit but they are doing us quite » mtative Mason comes from id Chicago. Were he to travel. Detroit he would find out the .Teason for American flour sell- r in Londan than in the City. For, if he stepped just p the bridge from Detroit into , Cansda, he would be able & loaf of bread for nine that sells in the American city teen ‘cents. Our allies afe [“Solng us® quite as much as our ‘speculators and price boosters. . British government has now in & £ood bill which prevents what ned m ‘Western language “pan- ‘Whet the American Con- of M ‘SOr. Mason is a mem- gots around to it the Food Bill be evoked to the same interest The American wage-earner and supporter is being driven to by the unpatriotic Ameri- who are making capital out of 's plight. have today in the United States -men’ Who can see nothing but fi_' oall a “short-sighted T , Food: Control-Bill.< These 1ed by -Senators like Gore and are ottig 11 “they San to block on that the country needs. are at war, . We must conserve w conserve our ply. Further, we must see - foodstuffs of this nation are uge profits of _the mldalemgn be cut down. One of the few to out do ese profits is to active fizianrco a Food h toeth i a p.culhr clrcumuhnce in- it permits of American flour per in Lofidon than it does ago.. Consider, first, the risks flour must take to get to It has to come over the an continent by freight cars, $ to be unloaded and reloaded. to run the gamut of submarines. to be taken off the boats in and carted to warehouses or poms. All this costs money. flour that gaes through all operations is sold in London uh-prlbcthn it costs in *The Allies are not doing oagon T J.fer from such scenes and occurrences sich business. There must be some reason why it can be done, - The reason is easlly stated. London is in Great Britain, Chicago is in the United States. England has a Food Control Bill. The United States has not. Because France and England have been at war for some three years these countries know just what should be done to protect the interests of their peaple. cut off waste and where to further economy. The United States has not | vet learned this lesson. It will learn it if the war continues long enough. But, it should be able to reap the benefit of others’ experiences. It should be able to look at what Eng- | land and France and even Germany have done and find a way out of its difficulties. for unusual methods of treatment. The situation now demands a Food Control Bill. We should have it. — IT MUST NOT BE. ‘Many men, in most cases enthusias- tic, have been rejected from the army or the navy for minor physical defects | such as lost fillings in teeth or fallen | arches . Because of the great number | of men who have siffered this set-back | upon application to either branch of ' the service certain physicians in Phil- | adelphia have undertaken the task of establishing a sort of reclamation camp. There men with minor physi- | cal defects will be treated and brought back to normal. : ‘Those who have gone up against the examinations for physical fitness given by the medical experts of the army and navy have in every instaice vouched for the thoroughness of the job. Sometimes the smallest defect is enough for dismissal. Theré has been much complaint. Men have said, “Uncle Sam is putting up a hullabuloo | about enlistments and when men try to enlist he rejects them. ' What is the matter? Doesn’t he want to re- | cruit the army to its full strength?” That is not the case at all. Uncle | Sam wants men for his ln"ny and navy; but he wants the best men avallable. He wants men who are al- most physically perfect. The average American citizen is a fairly good specimen of physical stam- ina. Working in the various walks of life may be found men who are looked of manhood. To the ordinary observ- er they are just about what the doc- tor.ordered. Viewed from the stand- point of the novice there could be no improvement. Under the scrutiny of & medical examiner, however, the con- ditions are presented in their true light. Men who look fit and able to perform extraordinary physical tasks are pro- nounced imperfect. In most cases these defects are minor ones. They come from neglect. It will be a good thing when all men come to the point | of realizing that they are not as well oft as they think, that a week or so | in a reclamation camp is about what | is needed. In time of war a nation and its peo- ple learn many things they never knew before. This is one of them. The men of this nation have neglect- ed themselves so far as their physical welfare is concerned. They have not taken enough exercise, they have not kept their bodies in good condition. The army and navy examinations show that. The average man is not what he should be, viewed from the physical standpoint. The time then ‘has come when the men of the nation must get into training. = Otherwise, Uncle Sam will, when he has picked his army, leave behind a nation of weaklings, of defectives, and that must not be. HEADSTRONG. « To begin with, the persistent pick- eting” of the White House by “silent sentinels” of the National Woman's | party was bad enough. Add to this the disgraceful tactics of yesterday and the day before, and the situation at last becomes unbearable. The riots z of yesterday would do credit to any. gang of male thugs in the country. That women are driven to such des- | peration is a disgrace to the nation. The cause of suffrage must suf- as these. The women who do guard | Gty in front of the White House 6 overstepped the bounds of rea- son.. .By parading seditious signs they have incited to riot. They are play- | ing with dynuml!e. No, patriotic man or woman-ean stand Idly by and watch '_ such things going on without attempt- m; to interfere,” All the patriats are not yet dead. il It would seem that the women representing the suffrage cause in 'Washington are badly‘in need of an advisor. They could profit greatly by | the advice of a friend. 'In all thelr; activities to date they have: displayed | a quality that is prevalent in small | boys and sometimes the patient little | donkey. They- are, in & nutshell, headstrong. Just so soon as they get over this quality, just eo soon will they fare better at the hands of those whose help they inveke, They know where to | Unusual conditions call | _ FAOTS AND FANOIES. Yep, you can take 'em off Nnow.— Bridgeport Telegram. Another king is fixing for a grand tumble in Greece. The king is kicked out. Long live the king.—Waterbury Republican. The government is not going to have any labor dictator, as the walking delegates will tell us what we have to do.—Meriden Journal. How many towns are there, es- pecially in New England, that might | be- tagged as “The City Where No- Ibody Dares?” — Tribune Conning Tower. | Kings “walk delicately” in these days. Spain is almost as volcanic as Russia or the Balkans.—Springfield Republican. The Russian revolution,” says Mr. Hoover, “was a food riot.” Hunger, the Dictator!—New York World. Over h we are pointing with pride to France and Viewing Russia with alarm.—FHouston Post. | What is really needed in these times i 18 a non-skid collar button.~Los An- | geles Times. The Turks are declaring that all they want out of the war is “the right to exist” But that ista right they | were never willing to accord to the Armenians.—Providence Journal. The deluded negroes who went to Africa a few years ago to enjoy lives of ease are pining to return to ‘the cane and cotton flelds to earn real ease by working.—Portland Oregonian. ‘When you hear anyone talking of | having eaten from his garden this week or last, nail him down to just what size the onion or radish was.— Pittsburg. Post. Great Britain has stirred again the troubled waters at Washington by offering to take and pay for all the wooden ships we can build.— New York Sun. Perhaps, Emma Goldman and | Aleck Berkman have come to - the conclusion already that it is better to be free and silent socialists than imprisoned martyrs.—Hartford Post. In view of the heartless way in which “Gumshoe Bill” deluded Ger- many with regard to the American attitude toward the war, we would respectfully suggest that Germany make herself the May O'Brien of na- tions and ‘sue ' Senator Stone for breach of promise.—Boston Tran- script. . THE REPORTER. By BERTON BRALRY. He's sometimes a bit of a nuisance, it’s true, He’s oftentimes almost a pest (E!poelll!y so iIf the things that you Woum thrive in obscurity best); He's nervous, persistent, irreverent, sharp, He works on a high tension plan, (A fact to consider by people who carp At the work of the newspaperman). From facts and from figures, from gossip ‘and guft From rumor and whisper and hint, In hurry and haste he must gather his stuff And put the cold truth into print. Of course now and then there’s an error or two In stories he gives you to scan, But, all things considered, the blun- ders are few In the work of the newspaperman. It's foolish to fight him or try to “hold out,” ‘ He'll follow his hunch to the end. He isn’t a foe that it's wisdom to flout But he sure is a regular friend. You trust him, he's with you; deceive him you lose, For he’ll finish the thing he began, ‘Which is simply the job of supplying’ the news, So be good to the newspaperman, Passing of Oavalry. (Kansas City Star.) The new army being raised by the United States will contain no cavalry, the goneral staff has decreed. The conclusion of the French army lead- ers that everything that cavalry ever did can now be done better by air- planes is accepted. And thus passes ano\‘.her of the glamors of war. No more shall the flying plumes of a Murat's cruissiers have a place on the field of battle; no more shall a “Jeb” Stuart’s dare- devil ride cut off the supplies of an army; no more shall a Sheridan’s hard riders lay -waste a Shenandoah. From the French word for horser man came our word chivalry, but with the coming of the airplane, chivalry has taken to the sky. As Will Irwin says, it is the filers in this war who ‘do the deeds that used to be associ- ated with the foaming steeds of the cavalry. The Chevalier Bayards now guide winged engines of death through the clouds instead of, spur- ring chargers into the t\lmuu of battle. For the rest modern war is a thing of trenches, barbed wire entangle- ments, mud and nauseous gases. Conguest. ‘White women in the houses And strange men in the street, ‘Muddy horses in the flelds, 12 Trampling down the wheat. i And so they took the village ‘Whose men were all away. ) Women screamed and laughed— It was a glorious day! But over on the hillside Up which the footpath led, There was a town they take— The village of the dead. —H. W, Holbreok, in The Musses. ‘lage today. soldiers could not JACKIES PREPARE FOR HOURS ASHORE Clubhouse at Headquarters will Furnish Amusement Base of American Flotilla in Brit- ish Waters, June 22.—(By Assoclated Press).—Two American pool tables arrived in this picturesque old vil- They are the first Amer- ican tables ever seen here and at- | tracted a great deal of attention. ; They are the latest addition to the | shore home of the American de- | stroyers which has been named the United States naval men’s club. | Although the dormitory feature of the club house, which will provide ; sleeping accommodations for seventy- five men, will not be completed for a. month, the club house will be for- merly opened on Saturday night: | Moving pictures will/ share the honors with a vaudeville - program ! provided by the American sailors. | The” program has been printed by destroyers’ printers and announces | songs, dances, recitations and wrest- | ling matches by ‘“the most marvelous aggregation from God's country that ever set foot in any body else’s coun- Work on Club House. A moving picture machine from one of the ships has been installed and the orchestra of the destroyer fleet is busy practicing for its share in the entertainment. Another feat- ure will be in minstrel show by a troop of comedians who were for- merly on the battleship Nebraska. The sailors were busy today putting the finishing touches to their club ‘house which was formerly a puble bath house and which they have con- verted into a hall, which seats nearly one thousand persons. “The ship carpenters have con- structed a serles of little alcoves as cosy corners, and the ship artists have adorned the interifor of each corner with a painting of old glory intertwined with the allles collors. The operations are being superin- tended by fleet chaplain, a great fa- vorite with the sallors.’ Canteen at Club. ‘When the clubhouse is completed the men will enjoy the accommoda- tions of a first class club, including a canteen whre American tobacco and refreshments may be purchased at pre-war prices. Shower baths will be another luxury. BOY SCOUT NEWS At the meeting of Troop 13, Mon- day night it was declded that the first squad of Scouts go camping from the 25th of Jume until July 5, and the second squad from July 5th to the 18th. , The Scauts are going out with the determination to come back with a large number of tests passed. The camp is to be at Lake Pocoto- paug, East Hampton. At the weekly meeting of Troop 11 last Thursday, having completely re- organized, the following officers were chosen: Patrol leader, Scout H. Firnhaber, assistant patrol leader, Scout F'. Glaeser, of the Flying Eagle Patrol. Patrol leader, Scout H. Wet- zel; assistant patrol leader, Scout A. Glaeser, of the Buffalo Patrol; patrol leader, Scout H, Kent; assistant scout patrol leader, Scout A. Thoma, of the Beaver Patral; financial secretary, Scout H. Wetzel; scout scribe for June, Scout W. Graesseur. Two new applicants were. taken in with four waliting to be voted upon. Since the mobilization call a few weeks ago, the troop has been spend- ing considerable time on the march- ing and drilling prapositions and as we all know that ‘“practice makes perfect,” we are going to it. Last Saturday some of the troop went after poles and brush for our garden on Linwood street* while others went to our “potato patch” at Hart’s lat, ‘We found plenty of weeds and also a quarry of stone, so we all pitched in, extracting stones and built a wall as a boundary wall around our acre. Next Saturday we expect to go out and spray the plants so we may filll our cellars with “spuds” in the fall. There are several trek carts under way to be ready for the grand har- vest. Four af the Scouts eager to attain a higher rank in Scouting took their tracking last Friday. We still expect to be the best Troop in our city. Last Friday night four members of Troop 3 took first aid tests. Of those obtaining the highest marks thers will be appointed one first lieutenant and twa second lieutenants. The trek cart which has been under construc- tion for some time is now finished and the fellows expect to put it to good use soon. On Tuesday night the 20th there was a meeting of the Patrol Leaders and their assistants at which a method for troop mabilization was worked out. This method will be trled out shortly. Troop 10. The Boy Scouts of Troop 10 have vhanger theeir meeting night from Tuesday to Wednesday. The troop garden is coming along nicely and the boys are busy keeping the weeds out. An orchestra has been formed in the troop. An over- night hike will be held on July 8rd and 4th. At the méeting on Wednesday night three new Scouts were enrolled. They are Gustave Ewald, James Daves and John Real. Scoutmaster Eonney is going to have a re-organi- zation of the whole troop. Some of the Scouts are ndt taking the same interest in the organization that they did at first so he is going to have rew patrols formed and afterwards will have nothing to do with the slackers. In the new organization of the troop the senior patrol leader and patrol ' Commissioner fien’s $4 ertwerat $3.39 Black or tan chrome, all solid shoes, with leather soles. Men’s $5 $ 4.39 Footwear at Goodyear Black or brown, sewed, istout single or double soles, all with full grain uppers and bellows tongue. Men’s Sneakers aken o 95¢ Black, brown or white, high cut style, Men’s Scout Shoes, at . . Dark willow calf, two’full soles to heel, serviceable. Don’t pay exorbitant prices. Come here and let us prove to you as we have to hundreds of others that we are giving the best values in Hnrtfold..—W'ue.Smifll&Cmy 'MEN'S 5 SHOES AMUTTH!PIISB!T'HOIBALEPIICE AT $3.30 Perhaps you have tried to get a good shoe for $3.50 else- where. Have you succeeded? Well then, come and see these Goodyear weited gun metal calf shoes with Rhinex sole and rubber heels, that we offér at this low price. BEnglish and Blucher lasts, also the same with leather sole and heel. On sale at $3.50, and we recommend them to give satisfaction. $2.95 Men s $6 Gun Metal . $4.95 Shoes . Lace model, made on the Cor- nell last, a popular English model, all sizes, A to D widths. - . Men’s Gym or Basket- ball Shoes Extra heavy red rubber sole, leather trimmed, heavy stock Special at $2.00. Merts Seout §9 45 Black Or tan, elk soles. Spe- clal $3.48. . $5.00 l(M- on a ltulcht last, viel © bal, glove calf top, very pop- ular with conservative dress- ers. Beacon Falls Buddy .. $4.00 ll'ovr process. Speclal $4.00. Work Shoe : Mmmflm&.w comes. The demand ‘exceed the supply—yet we offer you . this tpllnfld footwear &! most mbh pflou. WE ARE EXCLUSIVE HARTFORD AGENTS FOR MUNSON ARMY SHOE —7U. 8. Standard—aA fit for every foot—and fit to wear anywhere, all sizes 5. m u v(dm A mn. Phone Oharter v--mflllul- HARTFORD leaders and for six months. up to Bantam lake on July made by the very good excuse. ule is the same as last Saturday. At a meeting of the Scoutmasters held in the Y. M. C. A. Thursday evening several matters of impor- tance were brought to the attention of those present. One important subject was that of having any boy, who wishes to become. a Scout, join the troop’ that is in the church of which he is a member. This would nts will be elected 'he Business Men's association will take the whole tro:z There are, however, some restrictions Scoutmaster. Hvery Scout must pass a test and not miss a meeting if he does he must have a Saturday’s -oh,d- to meet at 2:30 Saturday, June 23 at the Parish House to make up the teams and final ufln‘emfln&s ‘Mlu McDonald, captain, will have The younger Patrol D have n.ll com- | pleted their tenderfoot tests and ex- pect to start their second class tests at the next meeting. After the busi- hess meeting games were played and | riddles were guessed. At the meeting to be held June 25 at 7:15 the “eats” for the picnic will be arranged and also the leaders for the day. All are asked to be present as the plans will also be made for the summer schedule. T0 DISMOUNT CAVALRY not have any effect on boys that are; members of the Y. M. C. A. or Boys’ club as they could join the troop that was in- the organization or their church troop as they choose. This matter was tabled for two weeks to give the Scoutmasters time to think it over and decide something definite for the next meeting. The Scout Executive is working out a plan whereby the city will be divided into four districts with a Deputy Scout over each district. Then when we wish to mobilize the Scouts as we did a short time ago the executive would call the four deputy commissioners and they in turn would notify the Scoutmasters in their district. The Scout gardens are all coming along fine and it looks as though the judges would have a hard time to pick the winners of the prizes. There will be an assistant in the Scout office during the months of July and August so that the execu- tive will be able to be at the gardens every day to supervise the work. Troop 2.—At 6 o'clock the regular meeting was called at which vatious business matters were discussed. The meeting is the last of the season. The question of camping has not yet been settled, but Miss Fox will let our troop scribe know as soon as she receives word from a place that ehe has inquired about. The scribe will then get in touch with all the. girls. Some week in August was voted upon as the probable time for camping. Dorothy Elcock was.left in charge of the neckerchiefs for the summer. Mies Fox asks that the girls in our troap who still have Red Cross ar- ticles at home in the name of the Center church scouts, to return them to the Red Cross rooms on Court street. After supper many of the girls rémained until 9 o’clock to help with the Red Cross work carried on by the Sunday schaol. We hope that as many girls as can will attend these gatherings. Troop 4.—At the meeting Monday night, Troop 4 of St. Mark’s planned to g0 on the Sunday school picnic to Compounce Thursday, June 28. They will leave on the 9 o’clock trolley from the center. There the Girl Scouts wilt have a ball game with the Boy Scouts of Troop 12 and will also compete in several races and games. All the girls of Troop 4 are asked Advices from Washington State That Troops B, L, and A Are to Be Trained for Infantry Duty in France (Special to the Herald.) Washington, D, C., June 23.—It was stated here last night that Troops B and L of Hartford and Troop A of New Haven, as well as the second cavalry unit being organized in that | city, are to be sworn into the federal service on July 25 at which time the organizations will be dismounted and cease to become cavalary troops. It is stated that the men’ will be ranked as infantry and will be sent to Frrance in that capacity when other similar troops are sent abroad. Congressman Lonergan vislud Gen- eral Mann, chief of the militia bureau, yesterday and was informed that the war department had decided to use the cavalry as infantry upon the ad- vice of British and French military experts who discourage the sending of cavalry abroad. & 5 boys in these cavalry arganizations. It is stated by the officers in Hart- ford however, that: until official ad- vices are recetved from Washinkton all contempiated plans to retain their mounts will\continue. Inasmuch as dispatches do not state that all cavalry units are to be dismounted it 4s hoped that the Connecticut boys will nat be affected. CONSERVE YOUR FOOD ‘Washington, June' 22.—Secretary Houston today appealed to American housewives to assist.the national food conservation movement by preserving perishable fruits ‘and vegetables, Pointing out that the ordinary har- vest yield will be greatly increased this year by the “back yard garden- ing” ‘campaign, Mr. Hauston declared that not to conserve this valuable food surplus would be a sinful waste.” Come across -|- Help those who go across.—Berkshire Eagle. There are a number of New Britain | | citizens for the ‘manner == | WISE, SMITH & C@yj:= | { Mayor ol Rou of New Bogland (_}omp!iments Mayor New Britain in the’ past has felt : proud of her military sons, larly those of Co. C. N. m the record of the n -on duty lnu‘ Norwich, as commented on by Mayor . Allyn L, Brwn of that city, is one- that should go down as a monument. Statigned in the "“Rose of New Eng- ll.n"cuylnuu.rlyinmmz the boys of Captain Griswold’s com- - mand have, by their strict attention. to duties, commander the. respect of the citizens of that .city, from the chief executive down, as will be evinced in the following Mnr b Department City of Norwich, Conn. - June 20, 1917 Hon. George A. Quigly, Mayor of New Britain, Conn. My dear Mayor: T am glad to' take this oppomnurw’ of adding'a written word to what ! I told you, wher we' met at the Mayors’ association meeting in New London last week, with relation to the conduct and service of the men and officers of Company I, which 5 for have been located in our, gu-rd duty for-a nuan cwmn Griswold, and all off, officers of'the company, And the : as well, so far as T have been ‘a¥ to observe, have without exception recelved thie commendation of all our: § in which they have conducted themselves, both when on ‘duty and when off -duty as well. I have myself heen very much impressed with the appearance and calibre of the men constituting this company. I am frank to say that‘T ' consider them above the average, 80 far as my observation goes. 3 They have attended strictly to thelr duty and been of great assistance not only in guarding .-the parts which % they were assigned to guard, but in = assisting the local police upon . at ?0‘ least one occasion {n handling large; . crowds in the city streets. I have nothing but praise to offer for the men -of this outfit, ‘and par- ticularly for their captain, and on behalf 8f the city and the people of: here am glad to. express iy appre- - clation to you afhd te the. ‘people ofy New Britain for: furnishing: us with! such & fine contingent of men.. 3 ‘With cordial pamml wishes, I re= maein, Very respectfully yours, ALLYN L. BROWN,