New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 29, 1917, Page 11

lewport,; “June 29.—The “Red flhtflct in this maulti-miilion- summer resort is tlosed. Sa are | sambling' places, high- and’ low. $lan’s, where for 20- years the rou- | wheel had spun uninterruptedly Wery’ night, has drawn -its - shades 4 barréd its doors. Naval' reser- trol the walk outside of, every ent .under the ban. As tain H. F. Bryan, Acting Com- nt of the Second Naval Distriet, night expressed it: jifcretary Daniels was determinod ewport should ;be cleaned up. t ‘of his letter to Gov. R. ton Beeckman, the city has ned up. - We have attended one mnen.u Newport’s sudden the right. Oply one com- 4 heard. It is voieed by the (haval, reservists ' sere, whom [’ tary Daniels described aa the, ipers - hay to combat, the impres- gross immorality on their Tesponsible for the public on which swept away re- which threatened their moral iysical well being. -, 2 tments in the ‘Naval Reserve Second . District’ had fallen ly because of the | im- tba youths here /wers || feguarded against ° perils obuhx, to so great an in New York's bright Numerous persons, «Secretary. Danlels = ex- that the health of ‘their | bé ruined and their,lives a h:nunl:u they be sent |- ‘atter ng. | { p&d.tont $y records. compdled ‘The reserve be ' phenomenally free 8. forms .ot lckno- which ‘Ymmoralit s ty, res” complled by tn¥| nch show that less than fln& the conduct of the ‘been exemplary. . Why ‘the reservists have n ‘and ‘credence is & , athletic:fellows ‘right from wrong and take leading clean lives. There All-American foatball them, a score of -million- young lawyers, physicians ervists began ‘to ar- “far back as April there u u«fiue quatters' i which Sa_‘the ‘townspeople, ? , £ob) ‘them “into their s and vrofidod theém with ‘com- “sleeping places. -In some in- .4 nominal charge was made s, but in many more the )‘oph made ‘the reservists mot on record’ a single about the conduct of a re- the contrary, the towns- layish in their praise of ‘gentlemen” who wear the . They have welcorfed the ' their ' households, given n in their honar and ‘their 8aughters to _attend wfih thm SYLVANIA R. n * CUTS 102 TRAINS arance Clearunce C'earanoe C,earance C]earanre S arance Clearance Clearance Clearance Cleamnce S ce earance i eqrance iiearo nce ea ronc.e Ie Sal' earance S learane Gale |earame ¢ Cearanceg SatsSala Sate Sate: Now for Our Season’s End Cleannce Sale! Out gou/every stitch of the remaining lines of our _and Summer Stock. We want no carry-overs—we Do want room and we Do want the money! In a. shell this gives you the reason for this Tremendous Sacrifice. Prices are cut down to a point where you will find that buying is smply m'emuble. N - NO CLEARANCE SALE EVER OFFERED UP SUCH ~RICH “PLUMS” The stock embraces our regular line of Clotlnng for Men aml Boys and an assurance of everyparhcular $18 SUITS $11.95 $22 SUITS $15. [EW YORK SAMPLE SHOP, BRAZIL REVOKES NEUTRALITY DECREE hotion Virtually Means Declars tion of War on Germany Rio Janeiro, June 29.—Brazil has revoked her decree of neutrality in the war between the Entente Allies and Germany. Brasil's action is tantamount to & declaration of war on Germaay. Previous despatches from Rio Ja- neiro have said that the Bragilian government would do es the United | Btates did, enter the war without de- ,June 29.-—A ° general} e tables' on' the Pemn-| raliroad will be made on 1, in cofinection with which a, 102 u-qins will cut down the J ement by an amount equivalent to- 8,000 train-miles a year, or more 6,500, train-miles every weekday. " aceordance ' with previous an- ee-mt, this result will be ac- , in "“part, by’ consolidating \ululln( one train serve of two. In addition, a “of parlor cars, restaurant A , and club and observa-’ uu will be discontinuéd. purpose of the Testriction of jer trains, as. heretofore ex- will be to releass’ trackage ), 80 88 to provide in- d facilities for the movement of government supplies, food- and other necessary trafic. In 1 m ‘new schedules, “every. been ‘made to protect, to est ‘possible extent, the com- af‘the traveling’ &t the same time meet- achedules to uld tron mountain and other resort I go into effect: July i, practically on the in ‘recént yaars. It has Sl | refdy making war on Brazil. "was indorsed by all claring war on Germany, as by her submarine warfare Germany was al- It has been intimated that Braszil's action the principal South American republics and that some might follow the same course. Late in May the Brazilian congress voted unanimously to revoke Brasil's neutrality in the war between Ger- many’ and the United States. It also authorized President Braz to revoke neutrality in the war between Ger- many and all the other allies when he saw fit. This question has been' in negotiation with the allied diple-~ matic representatives in Brasil for some time. Brasil broke with Ger- many on April 10. - When rBasil aligned herselt with| the United States Nulo Pechanha, the new Bragillan forelgn chosen boc;mot his pro-ally views, said that 1l had previously re- frained from taking sides in the war but could no longer remain indifter- ent when the United States found it- self nvolved in a struggle for the rights 'of the people and when Ger- many meted out to Brasil the most brutal treatment. Thé specific griev- ances ‘were the sinking ef, the Bra- silian ehips Parana and Tijuca by German submiarines. Two weeks ago it was annoumced that warships of the allied natiens would be given free entrance to Bra- silian ports without adhering to the limits of neutrality. The American Pacific flest was elved in Rio Janeiro June 4 with public acclaim. It has been intimated that the Bra- ziltan nayy would take over a part of the work of patrolling the South American coast. _One June 2 the German ships in- ln Brazilian ports were taken Mn crews and m Ger- minister, man crews interned. There are for- ty-five of theése vessels, totalling 23 191 tons gross, mostly at Per; and Rio Janeiro. Of these m— est is the Hamburg-America liner Blucher, of 12,350 tons. The average is 4,000 tons. Navy May Co-operate. ‘Washington, June 29.—The action of Brazll in revoking its decree of neutrality does not necessarily mean that the at Latin-American repub- lic will become an active participant in the war. It is probable, however, that the Brazilian navy will co-oper- ate with that of the United States in protecting the coasts and shipping of South America. While not classed as a naval power, Brazil has a large nurber of light craft, capable of rendering valuable aid in coast patrol work, and as submarine hunters. While it is doubted here that Bra- zil' will go to the extent of sending an army to Europe, in course of time that nation could muster a very con- siderable fighting force. The peace strength of the Brazilan army fis 33,000 men. Brazil's reserves num- ber 527,000 men, giving a total war strength of 660,000. The potential, unorganized military strength of the country is listed at 4,301,643 men. The expectation here is that Bra- %il's action will have a powerful in- fluence ‘ion" other Latin-American countries, notably Argentina, her strong neighbor. The Brasilian congress late in May authorized &fie ‘revocation of Brazil's neutrality. notifying the country's envoys of this action Foreign Minis- ter Pecanha 6 that Brasil had refrained’ from ing sides in the European conflict, but the republic could not remain indifference from the moment the United States found itself involved in & struggle for the and when Ger- A despatch from Rio Janeiro June 9 sald dip] tic exchanges with'rep- resentatives of the Bntente Powers were in progress and that practical results might be expected shortly. It was added that warships of the En- tente would be permited to visit Br: silian ports without adhering to tim: Hmits imposed by neutrality. BOND' SAVES WILDARD. Buffalo, N. Y., June 29.—Jess Wil- lard's Wild West Show was released from a sheriff’s at! it at Jamen- town early yesterday w the cham- pion heavyweight gave a surety bond. ‘Willard then ordered the circus to proceed to Erle, where 1t“ will show today. The attachment was ge- cured by Tom Jones and Jack Cur- ley, Willard’s former managers. Au- gust Beécker, Willard’'s Buffalo at- torney, said today that the litigation begun' in New York by Curley had been dAtmod until’ pext ‘when Willard will mou- AN ¢ VETERAN FIREMAN SEEKS RETIREMENT George W. Caswell Has Been Call Engineer 36 Years “Pep” was the keynote of the second session of the new board of fire commissioners held last night at the Oity hall in the chamber for- merly occupied by the deceased board of public safety, At this meeting George W. Caswell, one of the members of the fire department, sent in a petition for permanent retire- ment. Mr. Caswell has been & call ‘engineer connected with No. 2 engine house for 36 years, The first and foremost business of the evening was the election of Jahn J. Keough to the office:of clerk of the board. Chairman Alfred E. Mag- nell read the applications of Keough and Howard A. Timbrell, Commis- sioner Herbert V. Camp moved for an informal ballot and Keough had Dbeen elected by a vote of three to one in as short a time as it takes to tell of it. The choice was then made unanimous, . Baboock Among the Missing. Former Commissioner E. G. Bab- cock was expected to drap a verbal bomb or two among the commissioners and it was heralded that the meet- ing would be in executive session, but both scares . failed to materialize. Previous to the meeting former Chairman Babcock asked Chairman Magnell if he might attend the meet- ing. The answer was in the afirma- tive and as there was no opening there for an argument the former commissioner did not appear. - Com- munications were received by the board concerning fire apparatus sirens, The Interstate Machine Pro- ducts Co. of Rochester, N. Y., and the American La France Fire Engine Co. of Elmira, N. Y., quoted figures, but the matter was laid on the table. The question of]the purchase of 875 bat- tery elements was discussed. Bids of Louis W. Bills and the Electric Stor- age Battery:Co. of Philadelphia were received. On motion of*Commissiofier Moran it was voted to buy the re- quired quantity from L. W. Blills at the bid price of $356.25. / On motion of Commissioner Camp it was voted to instruct the chairman to appear before the ordinance com- mittee of the common council tonight relative to the ‘proposed’ changes in the erdinances concerning the fire de- partment. For the most part the changes simply require the substitu- tion for the phrase, board of public safety, or board of fire comy ne- ers, oto. Bids Ave m Bids were received from a number the installation of heaters at several of the fire houses. - A Ruud heater is naw in use at Engine Company No. 1 and is giving satisfaction, but on Commissioner Conlon's motjon it was voted to ask for bids on other heaters. The contract for covering the furnace at engine house No. § with asbestas covering was hwarded to Martin J. Kelly whose bid was $46. Charles O. Johnson and “the E. U, Thompson company both bid $48 for painting No. 5 engine house. Com- missioner Camp wanted to give both men a falr chance and suggested fiipping a coin for choice. Commis- sioners Moran and Conlon were not disposed to consider Mr. Johnson however, and on the vote the contract was awarded to E. U. Thampson, Commissioner Camp alone voting “‘no. The .contract for building a door for No, 8 engine house was awarded to Edwarn N. Ross at $2365. It was likewise voted to have imme- diate repairs made to the roof of engine house No. 4. Another vote was to rescind a previous vote for the repairs of the old steamer at No. 2 engine house. Rephirs would cost over $300 and it was deemed too ex- pensive, so the commissioners decided to dispose of the engiye.: Following ‘other routine business the meeting adjourned, Commissioner Moran expressing thanks that Chalr- man Magnell had so systematized the work of the meeting that everything could be taken up in an orderly man- ner and each item was plainly ex- plained in writing. BOY SCOUT 'NEWS Troop 1—At the mesting .fime 25, 1917, troop one made arrangements for a camp on the Farmington river grom July 6th to July 7th. The Scouts are to leave the Y. M. C. A. at 7:00 a, m. Thursday morning. Troop 2.—Plans for the troop's camp are nearly complets and. the fellows are waiting for August 18th, the date set for leaving. let it be understood that the jcamp will in no way interfere with the work at the Scout gardens. For three days be- fore leaving the troop will work in & body at the gardens. The camp site will be at Hawk's Nest on Long Island Sound and tents and accessories will. be transported by, automobiles while the Scouts will either go by train or auto. A quartermaster's corps has been formed. This corps looks out for tents, lanterns, ponchos, uten- siis, ‘etc.. The commissary depart- ment which has been formed will take care of the grub, ceokln(. kitchen, and cooking utensils! With these de- Wfi the work of packing up and .getting ready will' be greatly fa- ‘M. After much debate the troop decided to name “the camip, Camp: Art. mouoounlnvmdon; dally routinéin camp, Troop 8.—At & meeting of troop three Friday the members voted to | hold their meeting every other Fri-: day night at,7:30, instead of every Friday night. The Scouts in the First Ald corps will use.the 2nd and 4th Fridays in the month for their weork. The' first and third. Fridays will be devoted to the regular troop meeting. Troop 10.—At the meeting of troop 10 held Thursday evening, June 28, Scoutmaster Martin - Horwits tock: leave of the troop as he has joined the United States Naval Reserve. He will be called out immediately, ‘and will ‘be stationed for the present at New Haven. As a mark of apprecia- tion for his loyal and faithful service as Scoutmaster he was presented with & wrist watch by the members of the troop. The Assistant Scoutmaster has. also left to become a member of the ambulance corps, and will leave with- in a few days for France. The. u'oop though its leaders have enlisted will be led by the patrol leaders until - perior's testimony.. . H instructed to take..ds scription. such time as their Scoutmasters will | return. An overnight hike will be held July 3rd at Quartet Park and a varied program will be carried out, Twelve tents ,the property of the troop will be.pitched.. Scout News. . The next meeting of the . Court of Honor will be held. in the Scout office on Tuesday evening, July . 10th, at 7:00. p. m. All Scouts: will be entitled to pass tests for two merit badges on | this night. The Scoutmasters and their assistants are reminded of the fact -that the next Scoutmasters’ sup- per will be held in the Y. M, C. A., Thursday evening, July §, at 7 o'clock. PERJURY CHARGE ON POLIGE LIEUTENANT Brown Swore He Gave Best El- forts to cruger Gm Naw York .Tuno 29.—A nerjury charge mlnlt Police Lieut. Willlam Brown of the Fouith Branch Detec- tive Bureau in Harlem—the man who received the original report that Ruth Cruger was missing from her home on February 13 last—was suggested f last night in a letter written to Dis- trict Attorney Swann by Commisston- er of Accounts Leonard M. Wallstein, who is conducting an inquiry into the conduct of the police.in the Cruger case at the order of Mayor Mitchel. Lieutenant Brown, in his sworn testimony before Commissioner Wall- stein, declared he had done every- thing he could toward Mlh‘ ‘the search for the missing gir] He had called up the polla m 8 mation bureau, he said, and false testimony at’ lpt quiry, but also with' duty in not having down in the stafion blot! that Ruth Criuger was received it at mmmh entered until 9.45 next In the létter to tion he had received ¢ mMnlCflll:'llfl.nQ to take such further search 'for harum'apd‘