New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 19, 1917, Page 6

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1917. for our tro gt St e esom S ! ing men and women more W Britain Herald. HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY. Proprietol dafly (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 p. m., ut Herald Buflding, 67 Church St. tered at tae Post Office at New Britaln a8 Second Class Mail Matter. Delivered by carrler to any part of the city for 15 cents a week, 65 cents a month ibacriptions for paper to be sent by mail, payable in advance, 60 cents a month. $7.00 a year. i um in 8 only profitable advertising medfum the city. Circulation books and press (' room alwavs open to advertisers. 'Be Herald will be found on sale at Fot Hng's News Staad, 42nd St and Broad- way, New York Cit Roard Walk, s lantic City, and Hartford Depot TELEPHONE CALLS, omce ; : Rooma ‘uminess dttorial of | The Message of the Flag. /T'am the Flag that waves for vou, Thou weakest man of .all that work; T am your largest dreams | true, lOh, daring minds shirk. The Constitution am I, too, 'The Courts and Statutes I pursue. O'er statute makers I have powe |O%er soldiers, sailors, every hour O'er farmer, counsellor and clerk, ©O’er all who strive in Freedom's work. ©'er dreadnoughts, and fleet, O’er merchant ships that sail the deep. T am the victory of today The awful rout of vesterday. I am the myst'ry of life, The glory of the nation's strife: | My stars and stripes are all for you, Your hopes, your & prayers, too: Your one best hope, ger's nigh, Columbia’s soul in truth am I. 1 —W. H. WALSH. come who never battle ships dreams, and when dan- FILL OUT THE BLANK. If you have a boy in the army or e navy, or in the National Guard, 1 out the blank' to be found in an- of the Herald today and this office. In the event u know someone who joined ‘her of these of Uncle m’s fighting forces, although related to him, her part all it to has branches you e not take a few >ments off and send in the required formation. If one of your kinsmen |s answered the call of the nation, not " faii to sive all the nece ta. In this will rn if it is being treated unfairly in le estimates made under the Selec- ve Draft L.aw. The authorities place bw Britain’s gross quota for y way New Britain enlist- nts into the new 0. men who have listed from this city the placed at 513. That means that 513 n will be taken New Britain | hen the draft law becomes opera- se. The Herald believes that this Imber is too high. In order to know | st what New Britain e matter of .per asks its readers to help secure | formation national army at Allowing for 327 net quota from has done in enlistments this news- | which, when placed in | le hands of the proper authorities, | readjustment that, this when oy cause a ide from feaned in ove valuable ritten and the of figures. the information will is manner history men and om New Britain are marked on the Jernal honor roll of the country. To 18 end of all lose who have enlisted in the navy | well as the army, although the ivy enlistments have nothing to do ith the army quota from this city. © not fail to fill out a blank and sturn it as soon as possible to this we want the names | | I | boys | 1 | ONE CONSOLATION. great hullabaloo the government lea of training New England troops the South. h Connecticut There eing raised over is now a \ | | | | | | | | | | Politicians and papers and other states of is section do not take kindly to the | ding of our hoys to North (aro- na. The rom New rotest 16 newspaper printed ir Congressional England the Secretary delegation has seen fit of Wa to to and h sone the any > far in ite condemnation of outhern clime as to denounce rganization trained there as a louse army.” This is all Wilson kes to refer to as “poppy-cock” and hich he sometimes describes elng worth a ‘“pepper-corn te selected New oys is an ideal one. It is nes tte, North Carolina. ate and healthful ng been ized the North pd relaxation t jJugh investigation by my officers “hot- what President not hc for our and ar- where the cli- environment has ren by the millionaires rho every year seek rest After a thor- board! was ere. a of this site nd because of this recommendation of Major Gene ing ables them being out of doors almost every than little was there Snuthern lation where our New England boys are to “Camp Green” in honor of a New FEnglander, Con- be manifested | simplicity, | manners and {in search L and mendation {hese officers hesitatingly personage General Wood, sonal visit to the As it of o no the endorsed hy and auihority place, these evidenves of g not cnough, along highest medical anthoily in 4 man who itary sanitation any in the world, and lends his this ction the of set approval site. Here is way Surgeon tates Army, puts the in favor of sites in the South raining camps advantages to the men. fact wouid inding is that men tr have weat of the 3ot Gitions permitting doors We rather a Al \Wood word by Ak would cept 1 ing of this jor Gorgas, a snritary oxic comes to discussing the or disadvantages of diatribe thet generally origi the ell of a hrain- heen tco much politics | it ie. The Unitad States cers who recommended the site at Charloite for not do so with of th dfers did denizens it enriching any for This ity. They did than mercenary stated Dy h specitically who should know busin is a of the The advantag physician site was chosen be to the health of be trained. Witholit being an authority itation or health, there are m who can see¢ the advantage our troops in a climate day of the vear, ratk having them sent to some northern precincts where they Decentber be snow-bound from March. to do or nothing choosing of move on the to br any statesmen mcney of Northern soldiers that Those something of this sort can /nd censo- site who belleve there in the thought that trained has been named a famous commander in tirental Army. MPLICITY, One effect of the war already being taward This is noticeable in more things than is a tendency ways than one, in more as the earth, most extravagant are rapidly modes of living form to the necds of the hou is so in dress, ‘in nation. Where once other of hecuuse of The politician. Army Northern the reason highest the Charlotte site. has the W 1 AN N vod comes he voice ase: ained con- their being he when nated riayed idea at reason ess. ause of those to un- jor who also made a ]'('r-i faith t iy, ows s much about mil- ollicer camp Major General tieneral of the Unit- healtit out- out practically all of every Jday word and the back- General advantages training canips than listen to the political jargon and There oni- training sol- local- other | type. its un And with ety (rugality must come simp- Granted that peoples of other lands have styles fashions which tractive, Americ: than their and arve very further vhat this country Knew living that was, ns own he is fitting and appropriate for Whether they to the old colon- ists in it or not, set a use a more phrase . Their about finest | homely but very expressive “just what the doctor ordered hom them, s, their lives, everything was simplicity of the The was simplicity lly Americ great the founded upon that idea. is typic n. Democracy in world It was to get in away from the gaudiness of European and that the first came the Atlantic, their other object was to get trappings settlers valty across even if away from persecution. America is looking into itself. There is a it] wo of introspection at hand. the period are looking into innermost There is also at retrospection. We are going back, in our minds, to tne parents sacrificed their lives and treasure that we might en- joy the bounties of the Land. And when we consider all these things, the and the soul of the nation. hand a period of in [ days when as New | of the hour, them, we of it than fashion and mould our lives upon the lald down years and years ago by the old pionecers,—the true expon- ents of simplicity. present neceds can to hest way to meet of 1sce no better way out plans is FACT ND FANCIE It is suggested that the Dutch are between the devil and the North Sea. —Berkshire Eagle. on san- — any of that her, of part ing the to ir. men train- en- our might Political influences have had with the Nor the way. heen one. Americans, formerly loaked upon people readjusting on their con- This housing conditions, | in enjoyment, even in the food of the there was never a thought of saving ,now almost eve man and woman is given to simplicit Jeffersonian itself. In Monticello city in the good when was the a many Visitors home of Jefferson was set as a model early settler of this country. on's home was built upon Colonial ideals, American beauty in anything and hecame exponent of this country distinctly If Washington's birthplace. It was when America came into its most prosperous era and said to grow ol}) Colonia on | idea of American millionaires who had sprung up over night of went madels for systems and upon home The result is many cities throughout There are touches the gaudy its candy-colored tints and : abundance of ornamental "here also French, B hitecture old are nglish and in this \ostaia Boston one acioss a few Jananesc Alo various peoples livin & with the variou of try has modeling the come a upon plans suguested there been of living ideuls into one which, in the end N ious going back days of the Repubiic. there to extravagance cor th are not only building their homes ac- cording to the prescribed American | home built on samewhat similar lines to either Monticello or Mount Vernon, country, old shrine the real architectural there it money noticeable an designs, and of that gation 1 monlded § is an e form democracy was simpli- days for Thomas for the Jeffer- Colonial ldeas, was maintained in keeping with is a was trees here that the life went over the long trail, abandoned, forgotten. Then across the ocean their homes Which to run these the country. here and there German type of house, with over- numerous examples of Italian modes of can even run | examples of the Chinese architectures in this coun- life has spelled earlier | Men of means highly | architecture prevalent here in Colonial commended to the War Department | times, but they are beginning to fash- ( fon other tastes after the example set s chosen as the training grounds | by the forefathers. The war fs mak-[all—Minnenana. un- Mr, But “Michaelis unknown, deciares Gerard ewspaper headline. we'll know him now all right.—Passa News. The Arizona I. W. all dressed up with Springfield Union. Now they have it! They are just going to “intern” the 1. W. W.'s until the end of the war. So simple. Why didn’t somebody think of it before?— Hartford Times. W.'s seem to be no place to go.— to of —_— Nick Romanoff can’t even get his name in the papers any more, and the reporters aren't following Constantine. —New Haven Union. We're beginning to believe that the reichstag is almost as bad as congress. — Bridgeport Telegram. These days the expert steno can téll you how much mileage she can get out of a typewriter ribbon.—Paterson Call. One of the most sinister aspects of the war is that the Kaiser has not announced that he will eat his Christmas dinner in Washington.— Boston Transcript. Elihu Root and his fellow members of the American mission to Russia appear to have done very good jobh. —New York BEvening World. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle suspicion that newspapermen might get more information if they would disguise themselves as German Spies. ——Hartford Times has a anding significance of tho is that the German people hope in the efficiency of New York Evening lost Prussianism. Post. The enthusiasm of the German peo- ple for the crown prince’s leadership indicates that the censor hasn't per- mitted them to hear about Verdun yet.—Boston Transeript. General Korniloff was born in a log cabin, a fact which ought to stand him in good stead in the event that he wants to run for office after the war.— Meriden Record, The Old Sailors. e b (Nation’s Business.) We strong bronzed men of other days salled all the seven seas From the gray Aleutian Islands the sultry Carribbees, And our lean Nantucket skippers In their tall and hawk-swift clip- pers Roamed the bitter waters boldly with no ally but the brecze. is The sulls that circled every knew well our Yankee sail Our hulls bore home strange treasures and our decks were high with bales, And the flaunted With a courage nothing daunted As we held our courses proper thru the blizzards and the gales. port in ot Stars and Stripes were But ve that go to sea today—where 1s the trade we built? heritage ye scorn was earned by sweat and blood we spilt. Blow your lazy floating mansions! With their faney stairs and stan- chions Are they true seagoing traders or rot- ten tinsel gilt? UpPilimhe Yet vou your fathers' children are— our blood throbs in your veins; You'll break the sloth that bound you with its Lilliputian skeins, And Your souls shall know the won- der Of the sonorous sea thunder. As vou plough the ancient oceans in the highways and the lanes, —RICHARD F. HAMILL. of e All Gone. He—You used to say there was something about me you liked. She—So I did. But you've spent it v i frugal. | ‘ need go no | doors to copy | pace | | kind. And, when all is said and done, "‘ ! view. to ! interviewed, | healthy, NEW BOOKS AT THE INSTITUTE At Suvla Bay: notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adven- tures of the Dardanelles cam- paign, by John Hargrave. “ae Beginnings o ldwin Oviatt. “Authoritative e (1701-1726) by hd readabl British Empire at War, Broughton by Urban H. aoa o IZnd, a collection L. P. 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Those who obtained entrance under this age were accompanied by someone over fourteen, and furthermore this wa done while the officer stood at the ticket office and made no remark to the manager that the law was being violated. It is not made clear to the public that no child under fourteen can law- fully be admitted to a theater unles accompanied by the parent, or an adult authorized by the parent. a twenty-vear-old brother cs take his thirteen-year-old the theater if the law is enforced accordance with the prosecutions vesterday morning. It should he made clear, in justice to Mr. Glackin, that he was fined for admitting children with guardians under 21, bhut old enough to huy a ticket. Is a child of fifteen or six- teen an “improper guardian™? If the law permits one of fourteen to buy a ticket it implies to us that that child can guard his vounger fellow from the ‘“‘evils” of the theater. Rut the law is otherwise and we how to it. It ig evident that a strict enforce- ment of this law would be most un- popular in the community, and inter- ested parties made inquirles as to who started the agitation for the en- forcement of this unreasonable law. When' the prosecuting attorney was he passed the buck to the police, claiming that he acted only on the evidence presented to him, ana through no move of his was the prosecution hegun, When the police were interviewed, they tried to pass the same buck to the theatrical managers, saying that they, the theatrical managers, are to blame. But the theatrical managers will not accept it, and appeal to the liberal minded people of New Britain for their opinions on the enforcement of this antique and unreasonable law. Let the public judge. GEORGE LEWITT. To the sister in of July 18, 1917 Tt Just Couldn’t Be. (Manufacturers Record). Said Bruce Haldeman of the Louis- ville Courier business office to Henry world-renowned to keep this out of the kinks and make money for the editors who chase ahout climes and Burope, ete.” Which lifts the lid on the irrepres- sible conflict that so often endures in newspaper offices between the men who handle the dollars and those who editor: business Watterson, “I am try the southern | give character and soul to what were otherwise merely an insensate mass. And, within hounds, this conflict not improperly appraised as wholesome condition. a Halstead once strongly averred. A friend having with Halstead. editor, and ‘“Deacon’ Richard Smith, business manager, of the old Cincinnati Commercial-Ga- zette while they were engaged in a is Murat Even | nnot | to | enough | high-muck-a-muck | a | most violent altercation over some office affair, remarked to Halstead as he walked away from Smith, “There doesn’t appear to be entire harmony between the editorial and the busi- ness ends of the Commercial-Ga- zette. “‘Harmony!” exploded “who wants harmony? If you had harmony in a newspaper office it would go straight to hell! If. however, as a result of the con- troversy in the present case the bus ness manager should cause a real break and force the editor to resign, { the universal query would at once arise, “What will The Courier-Jour- nal be without Henry Watterson?" HOW TO WRITE TO TROOPS IN FRANGE War Department I;sues Rules Which Must Be Followed The War department authorizes the following: Instructions covering the conduct of personal correspondence by mail or telegraph between the United States iand American military forces in Eu- rope are now being prepared in the form of a bulletin by the War De- partment, soon to be published. In substance the rules to be lowed are as follows: Mail addressed to members of the expeditionary forces should bear the complete designation of the division, regiment, company, or other organiza- tion to which the addressee belongs. In the upper left-hand corner of a letter should be placed the usual form of return request and the name and address of the sender. Station of Units Barred. Under no circumstances will the location or station of a military or- ganization be included in the address on a letter for a person or organiza- tion in Europe. Postage should be fully prepaid. The rate on letter mail to our mili- tary forces in France is 2 cents the ounce or fraction thereof. News- | Paper mail is carried for 1 cent for 4 ounces. Lette matter Halstead, Jfol- post cards, originating in States or any of sions for transmission to the United States expeditionary forces in Europe are subject to the United States do- | mestic classification, conditions, and rates of postage, No other than United States post- age stamps are available for the pre- payment of postage. and printed the United its posses- How to Address Letter. The correct manner of addressing a letter is as follows: Return to Mrs. John Smith —— Blank St., | New York City. | JOHN SMITH, JR., | Co, X, ——Infantry, ! American Expeditiona | Forces. Mail for American military person- nel in Europe will not be forwarded |in care of The Adjutant General |the Army as a general rule. This t]nay be done however, in cases where the writer does not know that the ad- dressee has actually embarked. .Letters Written By Soldiers.. Mail addressed to persons in the United States or any of its possessions I will be addressed in the usual | dressee’s name STAMP || of | but nothing will be written in or on a letter to indicate the place or station of the writer, or any person or ganization of our own forces or those of our allies. The United States mail service es- ! tablished in France sell postage stamps, to our military forces. In cases where the soldier may be unable to purchase stamps to prepay postage the letter may be endorsed by prop- er officer and forwarded to its destin- ation, where the single rate of post- age will be collected on delivery. This is provided for in the postal reg- ulations. Mail from Europe may bear the name and organization of the sender in the upper left-hand corner. It is subject to domestic rates and to the use of the United States postage. Money Orders Payable. Money orders payable at the United States postal agency or its branches in Europe will be sold to purchasers in the United States or Its possessions, and money orders payable in the Unit- ed States or its possessions will be s0ld to purchasers at the agency or its branches in Europe. under regula- tions provided by the post office de- partment at domestic rate: Money and valuables will not be accepted for transmission by regis- tered mail. Important papers which can be duplicated if lost may be ac- cepted for registration, but indemni- ty will not be paid for lost registered mail. Postal money orders should be used. There is no provision at present for parcel post service between our forces in Europe and the United States or its possessions How to Send Cablegrams. Private telegrams to he cabled to members of the American expedition- ary force in Europe will be addressed “Amexforce, London.” with the ad- and the official desig- nation of the unit to which he belongs appearing as the first words of the text. When so addressed they will reach an official who knows the loca- tion of the various American units and who will forward the message by mail to the proper destination. Under no circumstances will the location or station of a unit be desig- nated in the address or body of a telegram. 2 Examples are given as follows: A telegram to Capt.*John B. Jones, Medical Corps United States Army Base Hospital No. 10, American Ex- peditionary Forces would be in the following form: Amexforce, London. John B. Jones. Base Hospital Num- ber 10. Have followed your instruc- tions. MARY JONES. Or. for Pvt. H. K. Smith, Company K. Forty-seventh Untied States Infan- tr Amextorce. London. H. K. Smith, Co. K. Forty-seventh U. S. Infantry. Will not change ad- dress. JANE SMITH. Messages in Plain Language. To comply with European censor- ship regulations all messages must be written in plain language (English or French) or in an international code, and must be int=lligible to the cen- sors. The use of two codes or two languages or of a combination of code and plain language in the same mes- sage is forbidden. Telegrams without text or with but one plain language text word are not admitted. Code lan- guage may be used only in full-rate messages. Codes authorized by the British censorship are: A. B. C. 5th; Scott’s 10th; Western Union; Lieber’s; Bent- ley's Complete Phrase Code (not in- cluding the oil and mineral supple- ments;) Broomhall's Imperial Com- bination Code; Broomhall'’s Imperial Combination Code, Rubber Edition; Myers' Atlantic Cotton Code, 39th Edition; Riverside Code, 5th Edition. Code Messages In case of a code message the name of the code must be designated when the message is filed. It is pointed out {hat it is useless to make use of codes unless the person to whom the mes- sage is addressed is stationed in a city Where he may have access to a code book. The war department is considering the feasibility of authorizing the use of the Army and Navy Code, which has been In use for trans-Pacific mes- sages, in addition to the nine codes mentioned. E Every telegraph message must be signed. The surname alonc may be used, but no such a signature as “John,” “Mary,” ‘‘Mother,” etc., will be passed. Attention is called to the fact that there are three classes of service available—tull rate, deferred rate, and week-end rate. It is the intention of the war de- partment to detail an officer special- Jy to care for army mail matters. Mapl_e_Hill Miss Jessie Reading of Berkshire is visiting Mr, and Mrs. C. R, Hare of Golf street. is prepared to post cards, etc., The Boy Scouts of Maple Hill are camping this week at Columbia Lake. Mrs, John L. Stoddard entertained the Bird club of Meriden Saturday at her bungalow on Maple Hill avenue. avmond Tucker is spending his va- cation at Camp Jewel, Mis: from ary Mabel Smith has attending the Foreign conference at Northfield. returned Mission- Harry Webster and Albert Goodale left yesterday for Newport, where they will go into training in the navy. Mrs. B. L. Gavnes of Meriden ha been a guest of Mrs. John L. Stod- dard for the past few days Mrs. C. R. Hare and guest, Miss Jessie Reading spent a few days at Woadmont this week. or- | FOUR BILLION SMOKES 0 CHINA U S Expomé Large Number ni Cigarettes in Fiscal Year More than six billion valued at approximately were exported from the United States in the fiscal year just ended, this number being far greater than in any vear of the history of the Ameri- can cigarette. These six biilion cigarettes, laid end to end in a con- tinuous line wonld extend ten times around the world at the Equator. Nox do these billions of *short smokes” ga, to the “men in the trenches,” as migh{ be supposed. On the contrary, they went in an entirely different direction and far the use of an entirely different type of people. A compilation by the National City Bank of New York shows that no less than four billion American cigarettes were sent to China in the last fiscal vear, the vear ending with June, an- other billion to the Straits Settlements, a hundred million to Siam, another hundred to Hong Kong and about tef millions to our own Philippines. The Oriental likes his short smoke, as will be testified by every visitor to that part of the world, and while China grows larze quantities of to- haceo, and the Chinaman is expert in the manufacturc of cigarettes, never- theless the Amcrican cigarette 1 grown in popularity in the Orient w' remarkable rapidity. Ten years a1 * our exports of American cigarettes 1) China amounted to but about 400,000,- 000 a vear, an average of one cigarette per annum for each Chinaman. Now, in the fiscal year 1917, the total to China was 4,000,000,000, or an average of 10 per capita for every Chinaman, while the fact that anather billion went to the Straits Settlements andy Malayan Peninsula where large num-. bers of Chinamen are employed in the tin mines and rubber plantations, shows that the popularity of the American cigarettes extends to the Chinanven in whatever country. Even the Philippines, which grow large quantities of tobacco and send millions of dollars worth to us, took last year about ten millions of our cigarettes, chiefly for the use of the 50,000 Chinese in the islands. Even the Siamese, who have many of the Chinese characteristics and many Chinese living among them, showed their taste for the American “smoke," by taking over 150,000,000 of them last year at a cost of about $275,000. The American cigarette has grown in favor with marvelous rapidity, espec-, fally in the Orient despite the fact that tobacco and labor for the produc- tion of domestic cigarettes are ex- tremely plentiful in that part of the world. Our total exportation of cigarettes never reached as much as one millioa dollars in value prior to 1890. In 1898 it crossed the $2,000,000 line but did not reach the three million line until’ 1913. In 1914 the total value of the cigarettes exported was $4,775,000, in 1915, $4,326,0000, and in 1917 more than doubled the total number ex- ported in 1917 being over six billien and the value approximately $12,000,- 000. About 90 per cent of the cigarettes exported go to the Orient, those to, China in 1916 were about 4,000,000, 000, next in order being the Straitk Settlements, of which Singapore is the chief port, then Siam, Hong Kong and the Philippines. Japan takes but few, and this is also true of Korea, British India, Ceylon and the Dutch East Indies. Europe shows no interest in the American cigarette, the total ex- port to all Europe in 19!# heing . about $126,000 in ue, or approxt mately 3 per cent of the totai ex- ports. Meantime the American smoker has also developed a taste for foreign grown tobacco for cigarettes, and was importing great quantities of it when the war cut off the available supply. Turkish tobacco for ciga- rettes became popular in the United States about a dozen vears ago and the imports from Turkey in recent years rivaled those from Cuba, though of an entirely different quality of tobacco. The total of tobacco imported from Turkey in Europe and Asia in recent years was in 1909 about six milllong pounds, and in 1914, the year imme. diately preceding the war, about 25 million pounds, practically all of it for use in manufecturing cigarettes. The entry of Turkey into the war greatly reduced the possibility of continuing our imports of her prod- ucts, and the receipt of Turkish to- bacco in the fiscal year 1915 was about one-half that of 1914, while in 1916 and 1917 the imports of this class were practically nothing. The value of American cigarettes exported since 1900 is more than $50,- 000,000 and most of it went to the Orient. The value of cigarette tobac- co imported from Turkey since 1900 is about $60,000,000. TO CAN STRING BEANS. cigarettes, $12,000,00¢ ) How the Housewife May Lay Up a Store for Winter Use. Washington, D. C., June 16.——Use fresh beans. String them Blanch them from flve to ten minutes {n steam. Remove and dip quickly into and out of cold water. Pack directly into hot jars or cans. Pour in. enough boiling water to fill the con- tainer. Add one level teaspoonful of sale to each quart. Put rubber rings and caps on jars into position but do not tighten the wire clamps. Seal tin cans completely. Place containers on a false bottom of wooden slats or wire mesh in a vessel of water deep enough to com- pletely cover the contairers. Keep the water boiling for three Lours. Remove the jars; tighten ocovers; invert jorts to test sealing, cool (not™ in draft as jars might crack.) Tin cans may be placed in cold water for rapid cooling. After the containers are cool, store . in a dark, cool place. i { N