New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 31, 1917, Page 9

e CONGRESSHEN DEAF _ TO CALL TO ARMS Only One Has AcTually Resigned to Serve Country Washington, July 31.—The only member of the present congress who #ctually joined the fighting forces for the war with Germany was Rep- resentative Augustus P. Gardner of Massachusetts . He now is in train- ing at Charleston, S. C. under Gen. Leonard Wood. Other members of Congress have talked about going to war but none has entereq the lists of Phe army or she navy. There has not been the same rush to join the colors on the part of congressmen that obtained in the carlier days of the republic. Several would-be warriors are ready to start for the front provided they keep strings on their present jobs. Representative Gardner has even resigned his seat in the house to serve his country on the battlefield. The song of marching feet has taken the place of his rasping re- bukes for the pacifists of the house. He is practising what he preached for three ycars—-he is preparing for war. ¢ At various times it has been re- ported that other congressmen would resign to take up the war game, but none of the 1csignations materialized. One excuse after another has served to keep the warlike solons at their Washington posts. Representative Victor resenting the Cincinatti Ohio, contemplated going to the front, but a protests from constitu- ents Who feared his resignation would result in the election of a Repub- lican successor was heeded. He has settled into the quiet life of a mjnority member of the house. The warlike nieeting has snosided. Representative L. C. Byer of Mis- souri is an old National Guard sol~ dier. He was thrilled by the bugle call some time ago, but more recent- ly has engaged upon the heavy task of securing suffrage for the people of the Dfstrict of Columbia. Mr. Dyer has had training for the battlefield and looks the part of a man of arms. H& thought seriously of entering the army, but has not made a definite step in that direction. A New York member, Representa- tive Floreille M. La Guardia, has am- bition to join the Aviation Corps. He would enter as an officer provided he can keep his seat in the house. It is Mr. La Guardia’s idea and am- bitlon that congress might allow him to fight and legislate. He thinks he could stand for re-election next fall, even though he were in France, and win. John Q. Tilson, of New Haven, Conn., went to the Mexican border with the National Guard in 1916. He resigned, but the vacancy was not filled, and he was re-elected. No doubt the president’s admoni- tion that the triumphant outcome of the war hinged on an adjustment by which every man was assigned to the work for which he is best fitted has convinced some congressmen that shouldering the musket or donning the epaulets is not what the country expects of them. In some circles it is believed the determination to send United States soldiers to the front in France as soon as they were ready to go deterred a few statesmen from hurrying away to join the colors. Congress has slackers, according Heinz, district of rep- Order of Notice of Hearing. District of Berlin, ss; Probate Court, July 28, A. D., 1917. Estate of Emma J. Smith, late of the town of New Britain, in said dis- trict, deceased. & Upon the application of Augustus G. Smith, Praying that he may be au- thorized and empowered to sell real estate and that a person other than the executor may be appointed to sell and, convey the same as per said ap- plication on file more fully appears, it is Ordered, That said application be heard and determined at the Prohate Office, in New Britain, in said district on the 6th day of August, A. D., 1917, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, and that notice be given of the pendency of said application and the time and place of hearing thereon, by publish- ing this order In some newspaper having a circulation in said district, and by posting a copy of this order on the public sign-post in the town ot New Britain, in said district, and by glving notice to all parties in interest, or by mailing to each one, prepaid postage, a copy of this order, and re- turg. make to this Court of the notice glven. Attest: BERNARD F. GAFFNEY, Judge. e —————————————— At a Court of Probate holden at New Britain, within and for the Dis- trist of Berlin, in the County of Hart- ford and State of Conneccticut, on the 31st day of July, A. D, 1917. Present, Bernard F. Gaffney, 3state of Timothy J. Dwyer, Britain, in said tent person. Upon the Petition of James J. Watson, Conservator, of said New Brifain, praying that he may be au- thorized and empowered to sell real estate as per application on file more fully appears, it is Ordered, That said applicatfon be heard and determined at the Probate office in New Britain, in said distri on the 4th day of August, A. D., 1917, in the forenoon, and that notice be given of the pendency of said appli- cation and the time and place of hearing thercon, by publishing this or- | der in some newspaper published in said* New Britain, having a circula- tion in said District, and by posting n copy thercof on the public sign-post in the town of New Britain, in said District, and return make BERNARD F. GAFFNEY, Judge. Judge. of New incompe- district an | Had Been Released From Work on "INDIAN CHIEF URGES EVERY ONE TO SERVE “GREAT WHITE FATHER” Eight Indians in charge of Chief Bald Eagle and decked in their war paint and feathers took part in a navy recruiting rally on board the landship U. S. S. Recruit in Union Square, New York. Chief Bald Eagle made an address in the Sioux tongue, in which he said that he had one son in the United States army now and regretted that he was too old to go to France to fight for America. How- ever, he said that there were 8,000 ot | and the country is find- ing it out. A brief talk in the sen- ate by Mr. Williams on that specie is credited with putting the aviation bill, carrying an appropriation of $640,000,000, through in less than an hour. to Senator John Sharp Williams Mississippi, GIRL DROWNS WHILE SWIMMING Account of Heat. New Haven, July 31.—Loretta Car- rigan, 17, of 292 Wallace street, was drowned in Mill River yesterday afternoon. Her body was recovered by Policeman Fred Toole of the Sec- ond precinct at 7:30 last night. The National Folding Box and Pa- per company shut down its plant yes- terday afternoon because of the in- tense heat, and the Carrigan girl, with two other girl employes, Helen and Catherine Sheehan of 144 View street, went swimming in Mill River just north of the Willow street bridge. This is a treacherous spot full of whirlpools, and ‘‘manholes.” The east bank that slopes about 50 feet from View street is extremely steep. The Sheehan girls swam about, al- ways keeping near shore, but Miss Carrigan floated out to midstream. She was seized with severe cramps, and instantly went under. The Sheehan girls tried to save her, and called for help, but the swift under- { current carried her body north, and no trace of her was found all, after- noon. A crowd of about five hundred gathered on the bridge and bank, and Policemen Toole and McKiernan dragged the river over a stretch of a mile. Toole raised the body of the girl at a point where the river runs. at the foot of Bast Rock. The girl is survived by her parents, four brothers and two sisters. SOCTALISTS MEET SEPT. 9-16. 1 Paris, July 31.—At a meeting of the ' administration committee of the] French socialist party and the English | and Russian socialist delegates called | to fix a date for the internationalj socialist and labor conference, regard- ! ing which the Russian Council of Soldiers and Workmen's delegates | took the initiative, it was decided that ! the conference should be held from the 9th to the 16th of September at Stockholm, or if that city proved in- convenient, at Christiania or any other city. RESCUE SHIP RETURNING. Quebec, July 31.—Captain Joseph Bernier, the veteran Arctic ex- plorer who started on an expedition in July last year to attempt to res-| cue Vilhjalmaur Stefansson, who was reported lost in the Arctic regions, is returning on his ship the Guide, ac- cording to reports reaching here to- day from the north shore of the St. Lawrence. RED RASPBERRIES APPEAR. | Scientifically speaking a phenom- inal thing happened today. The fruit of a certain species of Rubus ap-| pearcd in the market for the first time. It is distinguished from the blackberry by “having the collective thimble shaped mass of drupes sep- | arable from the dry hemisphere. In! other words red raspberries made | st appearance in the markets Wise people tell us that this ! fruit of the Rubus Idaeus is a fa-! vorite for dessert and is used in the i manufacture of brandy, wine, vinegar and jam, but it makes darn fine eat- ing without any further manufacture than that performed by Dame Na- ture. There are those that hold that the red raspberry is the finest eating “What am” and we agree with them. < CHIEF BALD EAGLE URGES MEN TO ENLIST IN THE NAVY < braves on the reservation who would be willing to put on feathers and war paint for the United States. Forty Chippewa Indians from the Lac Courtes Oreilles reservation have enlisted in a company which will be incorporated in the Sixth Wisconsin regiment. “What with enlisting and subscrib- ing for liberty bonds, the noble red man is showing a good quality of pa- triotism,” says one editor. MEXICO HOTBED OF GERMAN ESPIONAGE Fletcher to Call Carranza’s At- tention to Conditions There ‘Washington, July 31.—So numerous have become the reports of German spy activities and propaganda in Mexico that Ambassador Fletcher is prepared upon his arrival at Mexico City to call the attention of the Mexi- can government to the links in that country between Berlin and German agents in the United States. Officials of the state department do not call into question the integrity of the Mexican government, but the re- ports have left no room to doubt the existence of a German organization in Mexico whose machinations may be defined as a violation of Mexico's neu- trality. The Carranza government is believed in fact to be disturbed by the abuse of its hospitality, and there is a feeling here that the time is not far distant when certain representatives in Mexico of the German foreign office may be officially questioned as to their activities. How extensive the work of the Ger- man agents has been in forwarding information to Germany by mail or other means has not been ascertained by American agents, but evidence of their tireless activity in propaganda has been produced. When Carl Hey- nen was arrested a few weeks ago on the charge of spy activities in the United States it was not known that his work extended to Mexico, but since then evidence has been produced to indicate that he was very intimately connected with the German spy sys- tem there, and that the men who for- merly reported to him are continuing thelr efforts. One man whom agents of the United States are watching is Richard Evers- busch, the German consul at Tam- pico. Everbush was the partner in business of Heynen, the irm name for many years being Heynen & Evers- busch, While almost every other govern- ment has decreed the number of its consular representatives in Mexico, Germany has kept there a full list, and Minister von Eckhardt has been | at the capital since the overthrow of Huerta. It will be pointed out to the Mexican government that in the event of rea- | sonable proof of undue activities by any German consul or diplomat prece- dent for expulsion from the country can be found in the cases of Dumba, von Papen, and Boy-Ed. The American government is not concerned so greatly at the suggestion that Mexico is used as a relay point for military information as it is over the constant and apparently uninter- rupted German propaganda emanating from Mexico and over the possibility of curtailment of the Mexican oil supply. The recent strikes in the Tampico oil region have caused some anxiety, and it has been freely charged that they were caused by German agents working in some cascs through I. W. W. Recently increased taxes on crude petroleum and its derivatives already have resulted in a voluminos corres pondence between the state depart- ments of the two governments, but danger of any curtailment of the supply by reason of that has passed, most of the operators paying the tax either with or without protest. Buy an Indiana truck.—advt, [BAKER AND DANIELS * OVERRULE ‘CENSOR | Substitute Rules for Guidance of Press Issued Washington, July 31.—Secretary Baker and Secretary Daniels have approved a set of regulations for the voluntary guidance of newspapers in handling military information. These substitute for a set written by George Creel soon after he was made chair- man of the “Committee on Public In- formation.’” The immediate cause of the issuance of the new regulations was the fact that the army and navy have become alarmed at the danger caused to American soldiers and sailors as a re- sult of the haphazard methods em- ployed up to date. The situation has become acute during the last few weeks: The war college reported to Secre- tary Baker nine instances in which the present system endangered American lives and gave valuable information to the enemy. Mr. Baker said, however, that the great majority of American papers had scrupulously suppressed information which they were informed should not be printed. From every section of the country reports have come that newspaper editors have found it impossible at times to decide what they should print and what should be suppressed. Cases have been cited repeatedly where it was impossible to get an opinion from | the “Committee on Public Informa- tion” that could be followed safely for a few hours at a time. The new army and navy statement follows: “For the protection of our military and naval forces and “of merchant shipping it is requested that secrecy be observed in all matters of: 1. Information in regard to the train or boat movements of troops. Such information is at all times and in all circumstances dangerous and should be scrupulously avoided. “2. Informatiom tending directly or indirectly to disclose the identity of troops in the expedi forces abroad. Only Staff Names. “3. Information tending to disclose the names of line officers in expedi- tionary forces and reference to in- dividual units of these forces. Only names of staff officers are permissible. “4. Information calculated to dis- close location of the permanent base or basis abroad. “5. Information that would disclose the location of American units of the eventual or actual position of the American forces at the front. “6. Information of the movement of seaports from which inference be drawn of any intention to embark them for service abroad; and infor- mation of the assembling of trans- ports or cohvoys and information of the embarkation itself. “7. Information of the arrival at any FEuropean port of American war vssels, transports or any portion of an expeditionary force, combatant or non-combatant, until announcement is authorized by the secretary of war or the secretary of the navy. “8. Information of the time of de- parture of merchant ships from Amer- ican or European ports, or informa- tion of the ports from which they sailed. “9. Information indicating the port of arrival of incoming ships from Eu- ropean ports, or after their arrival indicating, or hinting at, the port at which the ship arrived. “10. Information as to convoys, and as the sighting of friendly or enemy ships, whether naval or merchant. “11. Information of the locality, number or identity of warships be- longing to our own navy or to the navies of any country at war with Germany. Papers published in ports should, with especial care, refrain from giving information to enemy agents in regard to ships stationed or calling at such ports, Because dan- gerous news is known locally, it does not follow that it can be safely pub- lished. Non-publication of dangerous news obliges the enemy to rely on spies actually in the localities con- cerned, thus adding difficulties and delay in its transmission. Conceal Identity of Attacked Ships. “12. Information of the identities of American merchant ships defending themselves against submarines, and the identities of their captains, their gun crews and crews. No matter from which side of the ocean comes the news, it is asked that this informa- tion be withheld from publication. Editors will appreciate the importance of co-operation to withhold from the enemy such information as might ex- pose the officers and men of merchant ships to the danger of cruel and out- rageous reprisal. “13. Information of the coast de- fenses of the Uniled States. Any in- formation of their very existence, as well as the number, nature or posi- tion of their guns, is dangerou “14. Information of the laying of mines or mine fields or of any harbor defenses. “15. Information of the aircraft and appurtenances used at Govern- ment aviation schools for experiment- al tests under military authority. “16. Information of all Govern- ment experiments in war material. “Information of secret notices is- sued to mariners or other confidential instructions issued by the navy or the Department of Commerce relating to lights, lightships, buoys or other guides to navigation. *18. Information as to the num- ber, size, character or location of ships of the navy or of the merchant marine, ordered laid down at any port or shipyard, or in actual process of construction; or information that they are launched or in commission. “19. Information relating to dry docks and to all classes of work, re- pairs, alterations or construction per- formed in connection therewith. SPECIALS 2t the MODERN BOOT SHOP: FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING WHITE CANVAS PUMPS, For Ladies, $2.50 and $3 values . .a pair $ l .00 WHITE BUCK PUMPS ............. AT $1.39: WHITE CANVAS HIGH CUT LACERS, with white soles and heels $1 .69 WHITE BUCK HIGH CUT, Rubber soles and heels, $5.00 value . .. $ 2.95 WHITE and BROWN SNEEKERS, AT89C Come early Wednesday Morning to get the best assortment. Double United Green Trading Stamps issued in the morning. MODERN 168 MAIN STREET BOOT SHO NEW BRITAIN CONN. “20. Information of the train or boat schedules of travelling official missions in transit through the United States. oS tation of terial. “Photographs conveying the infor- mation specified above should not be published.” An explanatory note says: “Repeated and serious violations of the voluntary censorship have been attempted to be excused on scores of | misunderstandings or lack of positive information. Pains have been taken to make this restatement of necessary secrecies so complete and explicit as | to leave no room for honest ignorance | or dishonorable evasion. Neither do the 'requests go forth with any time | limit. Their application covers the period of the war. At no point do | they touch opinion or criticism, being concerned entirely with the protec- tion of the lives of America’s defen- ders and ihe success of mulitary plans. “These requests go to the press without larger authority than the ne- cessities of the war-making branches. Their enforcement is a matter for the press itself. To the overwhelming proportion of newspapers who have given unselfish, patriotic adherence to the voluntary agreement the govern- ment extends its gratitude and high appreciation.’ DID COP POISON DOG? Miss Mary Scherocofs of 25 vard street complained to police headquarters last night that her dog had died during the evening She said she thought that the policeman on the beat had “done” it, as he threatened to shoot it last Wedne day, when the dog Min out into the street after him. She said she was | soing to have a doctor examine 1t | to see if it had been poisoned. Information of the transpor- munitions or of war ma- | | | She was directed to a veterinary, but the | police are of the opinion that it wa not poisoned by the man on the beat. Hudson, Oakland, Maxwell | Motor Cars | Williams Auto Go. Service Station a Show Office o b 287 Elm St. Room 1 and 3 Main St. SANITARICM _«~D PRIVATE HOSPITAJ. CEDAR STREET. NEW BRITAIN. O ot gurgical and Obstetric Pacionts. Quiet lacation,” excellont surroundings, fres trom institutional llnllnll)allefl:. Thel“:“l:d f eight recelved assures clo - Avideal ‘attention. Al physicians entitled to recognition. Conducted solely by MARY E, NAGLE. R. N. NAGLE JUST THINK of a brand new 6 room cottage Wi!_h all improvements, fireplace, electric lights, and two extra lots, near trolley and only reasonable cash down. H. N. LOCKWOOD, Real Estate and Insurance CITY HALL See CRON. Before Buying Your Life Insurance Policy. Rep.—N. E, Mutual of Boston. OFFICE 183 MAIN ST. TEL. 221-3. Har- | The Gurran Dry Goods Go. "EXTRA SPECIALS for Wednesday Morning Watch our show windows for Big Bargains and come in and see many more in every department. Extra Big Bargains in Our Ready-to-Wear Department Women’s White Wash Skirts, worth 89c. Wednesday 39 A. M. (only a few) ... e c Women’s Mussed Underwear Muslin Underwear in Combinations and Envelope Chemise —slightly mussed, value up to 79c. Wednesday A. M, 29c 15¢ Muslin Corset Covers, odd lots from 25c, 39c, and 50c line. Some are mussed. Wednesday A. M., each Fancy. Sport Skirts New models and colorings. We will close out our entire stock. Wednesday Morning at Half Price They are not big lots in any of the above and we will limit the . quantity to one to a customer. Bed Sheets Bed Sheets made of heavy bleached cotton, 81x90 inches, a 79 good $1.19 Sheet, Wednesday A. M. at ... o c The balance of our Women’s Ready-to- Wi $1.98 to $3.98. To close out at ... Men’s Blue Chambray Work Shirts, 59¢ value. ATM: arv i L Unbleached heavy Turkish Towels, gooo size 19¢ value, Wednesday A. M. at ..... 12Y5¢c Bleached Pillow Cases, nesday A. M. omen’s Silk and Lace Neckwear—100 dozen of manufacturers’ odd styles in Neckwear. Goods thdt were mussed and left over. Manufacturer going out of business. Made to sell 5 at 25¢c and 50c. Wednesday A. M., each (¢ The Lace is worth 6 times the price. If you have something to sell, if you want to hire help, if you want a better situation, if you want to hire er let a tenemeni, the classified column will place you in touch with the right people