New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 16, 1917, Page 3

NEV BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1917, " Boston Store THE NEW OUTING FLANNELS Have Arrived. About forty different designs to select from. The best goods on the market at 15¢ A YARD Special Value in BED SHEETS Our “Premium,” 63x90 and 81x90 AT 90c AND $1.10 These are considerably be- low today’s market prices. “Premium” Pillow Cases, 42x36, 45x36 22¢ and 23¢c EACH McCALL PATTERNS 10c 15¢ 20c -PULLAR DR. PARKER FIRST CAMP ‘POLICEMAN Will Help to Protect Soldiers From Evil Women - (Special to the Herald.) Hartford, Aug. 16.—The Central War Work Committee of the Con- necticut Woman Suffrage association is anxious to show its readiness to co-operate in war service work with all other organizations doing similar work in the state. For this reason it is not taking up independently some forms of work that have already been started in other ways. The re- ports of war work handed in at the Executive Board meeting of the C. W. S. A., showed that this co-operation was particularly ready with regard to the work In connection with the |LAKE STREET IS T0 | BE IMPROVED SOON ’Railroad Gompany Agrees and Council Wants Action A letter from the New Haven road was introduced at last night’s meet- ing of the common council by Mayor Quigley in which the road officials offered to share three-fourths of the expense of eliminating the Lake street railroad crossing providing the total cost jdoes not exceed $16,000. This means that the road will pay $12,000 and the city must provide the other $4,000. The communication further stated that the city must buy the necessary land from the National Spring Bed company, must furnish materials, do the work and not hold the railroad to account in case of accidents. The communication was accepted and the corporation counsel will be instructed to draw up a con- tract covering all points. The mayor and council members expressed a de- sire to begin this work at once but inasmuch as there is no money to be used it was voted to have the fin- ance board secure the necessary amount at an early date and begin operation as soon as practicable. A resolution from the Municipal Farm committee asking the right to renew the city’s lease on forty-three acres of land owned by Mrs. Mary Tracy and used as a Municipal Farm at the present time was the subject of much discussion. As the option expires on September 1 the commit- tee wanted the right to renew it if, in their opinion, such action was proper. After much discussion the council granted this right. Chairman A. F. Magnell for the fire commissioners asked to have a re- serve force created in the fire de- partment which would ‘amount to practically pensioning the men who were in it. The proposed rules would prevent any man’s getting appoint- ment until he had served at leasl twenty-five years. This plan is thought by the fire commissioners to be the most practical one to provide a pension for the eight new men en- titled to it. The council argued long over the matters however, and finally decided to postpone action a month so that! the commissioners, the city treasurer and the corporation coun- cil may work out some good scheme. Other Matters Considered. It was voted to pay W. F. Keeley. WAR'INT Thursday and Friday afternoons. “WHAT HAVE THE ADLIES A RIGHT TO EXPECT FROM THE UNITED STATES?” An interview with Arthur L. Ship- man of Hartford, chairman of tnhe Hartford County Auxiliary committee of the Connecticut State Council of Defense. Arthur L. Shipman, chairman of the Hartford County Auxillary Com- mittee of the Connecticut State Coun- cil of Defense, is one of the series of “Made in Connecticut War Inter- views'” secured by the Connecticut State Council of Defense and made public through the newspapers, an- swers the question, “What have the Allies a right to expect from the United States?” with the following statement: “To put the question in another form, and one which is frequently asked nowadays, ‘What are we in this war for, anyhow?’ “Two undeniable facts furnish the answer: “First, the ocean and its seas, the highways of travel and commerce, free to all neutrals, us by the German empire. “Second, that prohibition was en- forced against our repeated protests by one of the meanest as well as one ©of the mést cruel of all war devices, the submarine. We had therefore to fight for our rights. “It is of little ocnsequence that this is only one of the reasons.-and son, why we are now at war. No one can deny, however, that Ger- many’s prohibition of our use of the seas is the most immediate and direct cause of our being in the struggle. “Suppose, then that such were the only reasons. said, was thereby limited to clearing for safe travel the ocean’s highways by the use of our naval forces, and there is where we should stop. “But have our Allies only the right to expect of us police protection for street alterations ag soon as the money is appropriated; that dead trees. be $196 to reimburse him for expenses connected with his having taken the Pasteur treatment for a dog bite. The state will reimburse the city. removed at the following locations: 87 Pleasant street, 66 Franklin street, 40 Bond street; one on Curtis street It was voted to give the cemetery committee $1,000 and charge the between West Main and the railroad; one on the north side of Chestnut, same to the special appropriations ac- count. It was likewise voted to pay Dr. George Crowley his bill of $60 for constructing a dog pound. A bill of $14 was ordered paid to J. Johannau for services as exemption board in- terpreter, but, according to the mayor, the city will be reimbursed by the government. Petitions were received as follows: From Mary Tracy for abatement of taxes on property on Stanley Quarter, | as it is now used by the city for farming, referred to the mayor and | aldermen; from Augusta Vogel, | through B. W. Alling, for $250 for injuries sustained and expenses in- curred because of falling on the icy sidewalk on Rockwell avenue, Jan- uary 1, 1917, referred to claims com- mittee and corporation counsel; from Anna Brouse by B. W. Alling, for $500 for injurles suffered by a fall on an icy sidewalk on East Main street camps. This work had been under- taken by the committee acting under the State Council of Defense, and representing the Women’s Division of the National Council of Defence. This > committee, of which Miss Ruutz- Rees is chairman, appointed a com- mittee on the conservation of the moral and spiritual forces of the nation—a committee recommended by Secretary Baker at Washington— with Dr. Valerla H. Parker as chair- man. This committee has already se- cured the appointment of five patrol women whose duty it will be to guard the camps from the presence of un- desirable women. Dr. Parker herself was the first of these five women to qualify. .The duties of these women will be two- fold—to banish from the camps the undesirable professional women who are apt to swoop down on such as- . semblage of men, and to guard the ' young and thoughtless girls from their own impudence and from dangers that may threaten them from some of the enlisted men—a minority of whom are always to be reckoned as undesirables, as well as the undesir- able women. This patrol work has been done in all the English camps with great success. It takes women to look after women—a fact that men are just beginning to learn. The Cen- tral War Work Committee is heartily in favor of this work and is encourag- ing suffragists all over the state to hold themselves ready to co-operate with Dr. Parker's committee. Another form of work in connec- tion with the camps, is the finding of wholesome amusement for the boys, and also the provision of home cooked food for them to buy at'rea- sonable prices. This work is also under Dr. Parker’s committee, and in this work Dr. Parker is being alded and supported by local equal franchise leagues. The only definite work in connec- tion with the new armies undertaken directly by the Central War Work ' Committee was help on registration day, much assistance with the cleri- cal work that had to be done in Hartford and some recruiting speeches. ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES COOLEY & TROUP, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS 8 Main Street. ) [4 ? | e | on February 26, 1917, referred to claims committee and corporation counsel; John Goluk, et al, for tak- ing Alden street as a public highway, referred to board of public works; for a light near No. 57 Jubilee street, referred to board of public works; from A. M. Paonessa, two lights on Hillcrest avenu,e referred to board of public works. Will Abate Assessments. It was voted that the tax collector strike from his books sewer assess- ments against Antonio Pitkiewicz and Sliora Kinder, amounting to $291.60, the property having been taken over for park purposes; that he strike from his books street improvement assessment laid against property of M. T. White, $76, concrete curb, and property of F. S. Griswold on Cor- | bin avenue, $3.22, same being uncol- lectable, and that all liens are re- leased and interest abated; that the tax collector strike from his books the amount of street sprinkling as- sessments laid against property on Jubilee street in 1916, with interest and lien, if any, because the sprink- ling was not done that season, also that the finance committee present a resolution authorizing the comptrol- ler to rebate the amounts paid on said assessments to the collector; on the ! petition of the Curtis Building com- pany for abatement of taxes that the collector accept $28.46 (the total is $56.91) and abate the interest ac- crued together with the cost of lien, provided that balance of tax is paid on or before September 15, 1917; on the petition of Rev. J. E. Klingberg for abatement of taxes against prop- erty used as orphans’ home, that the taxes be abated with interest and cost of lien, total taxes being $234.60; on petition of John Steffitz that the col- lector accept the face of the bill for street improvement assessment, laid against property at No. 173 Beaver street in the name of Patrick Mec- Guire in 1907, and interest to be abated, with cost of lien; on petition of Oscar Litke that collector accept face of bill for sewer assessment against FEast street property between Kelsey and Henry streets, also that interests be abated, with cost of lien. The reports were accepted and the recommendations adopted. Reports The following board of works’ reports were accepted: That hearings be held on the pro- posed alteration and widening of Stan- ley street from East Main to the rail- road crossing; that the board be in- ls_tructed to proceed with the Lake public near Stanley; that a flag or concrete walk be laid on both sides of Monroe street from Madison to Lyon street on or before October 15; that two 80-candle Dower lights be installed in Blake road; that one S0-candle | power light be installed on Court | street near the Red Cross headquar- | ters; that the S. N. E. Telephone Co. | be given permission to place one thir- | ey-foot pole on the east side of Laur- | el street, just north of Connerton street; that the conditions and agree- ment relating to the crossing of Bur- ritt street by tracks of the Stanley | Warks be approved and the mayor be authorized to apply to the public utili- ties commission for permission for the tracks to cross the street. DEUTSGHLAND NOW | WAR SUBMARINE Merchant Vessel Is Converted Into Undersea Fighter Copenhagen, Aug. 16—The German commercial submarine Deutschlana, which visited the United States before that country entered the war has ‘been converted into a war submarine, according to German fleet gossip reaching the Associated P The Deutschland has a great radius of action and has been fitted with six torpedo tubes. The submarine, it is said, may soon leave for the IPacific to operate against traffic from San Francisco. The U-boat was to have started ac- tivities some time ago, but an explo- sion on board while the vessel was on a trial trip made repairs necessary which took considerable time. The German losses in submarines, according to the informant of the Associated Press, who recently had been at Wilhelmshaven and with the German fleet, has been twenty to twenty-two boats, this fisure appar- | ently covering the losses since the start of the unrestricted submarine warfare campaign. Four additional boats are said to have been lost in the | Mediterranean. 6-Inch Guns on U-Boats.. Germany now has almost 300 sub- marines, the newest boats being the big seagoing type and armed with a 6-inch gun. This armament appeared on boats comniissioned in the middle of June, the earlier boats of this lat- est, or D. E. E. type and the preced- ing C. E. E. type being armed with a palr of 105 millimeter guns ap- proximately 4-inch guns, fore and aft. The 200 submarines, however, in- clude a large number of the so-called canal-boat type, built for passage through the Belglan canals to Zce- brugge and which are of inferior armament and a smaller radits of action. The German fleet, according to the informant, justifies its name of High were forbidden i i Our duty, it might bei MADE-IN-CONNECTICUT ERVIEWS Statements by prominent Connectiout citizens on vital war.topics i have been secured by the Connecticut State Council This newspaper has made arrangements with the Council of Defense to publish these interviews, and they will appear Monday, Tuesday, of Defense. our own carrying trade? .Let us see what that involves. Our goods are carried in many other vessels besides those that fly our country's flag. We cannot protect our goods en Troute without protecting the vessel that contains them, whether British, Dutch, Norwegian or French. The moment one of our guns is fired to protect a British merchantman car- rying our goods, we'are in effect fight- ?ng on British soil to defend it from invasion. “But na one can put any limit on his lawful efforts in a fight. If one goes in at all, one must go in all over. i This is true, not only from the point ' of view of the spectator, but from the points of view of our oppon®nts, our allies and ourselves. “Suppose that we could quiet our own sense of shame by standing on the outskirts and protecting only the avenues of commerce, although that | would be an impossible pesition for America with its history and tradi- tions to occupy. Surely the onlook- ers and our children would put them- selves in the position of our allies and say, ‘Whatever America has of Te- sources, money, men,, supplies. mate- rials, food, should be used without stint for our support’ Men, women and children are suffering untold losses in body, mind and spirit from the war and especially from the kind of warfare which is being waged by the Central Powers. It therefore be- | hooves every one of us—and by ‘us’, |1 mean every man, woman and child perhaps not the most important reas | that make up America—to contribute all in his power to fight our fight— that is, the fight of ourselves and our allies. Mark you, that in what I have said we are putting aside all higher duty to humanity. our duty to save, or help save, the world as a proper place for us and them to live and die in. This conclusion is placed upon the lowest possible ground, viz: the duty of every one who enters any con- test; the mere animal obligation to- ward one’s fellows in a fight.” 11 and noon, on the following day. On a few occasions, it has remained out longer, but only because thick weath- er set in, making a passage through the German miné fields dangerous and forcing it to remain in the shelter of Helgoland until the weather cleared. Anchor Behind Mine Fields. A greater part of the time the bat- tleships and cruisers composing the battle flect are anchored in safe curity behind minc fields and nets and a triple line of pickets protect- ing the entrahce to the base. Once in March the fleet had a considerable period of enforced repose when Brit- ish mine layers, taking advantage of thick weather, sowed the costal wa- ters so full of mines that the German vessels were unable to leave harbor. The enlisted personnel of the fleet knew nothing of American prepara- tions far active participation in the war. The men were told by their of- ficers that America’s declaration of war on Germany was only issued as a cover to preparations against Japan and that American troops would not be used in Europe. Since her first successful voyage from Bremen to America, the cargo carrying submarine Deutschland has been the subject af more speculation' than any other craft on or under the seas. Of the more recent Tumors about here one is that she had been captured by the English and was held in a British port; another' was that she had been sent to the Mediterran- ean to act as mother ship for the U- boats operating in those waters. The amount of cargo braught by the Deutschland to Baltimore on her first voyage and later on her trips to New London has never been re- vealed. Many wild guesses have been made, ranging up to 1,000 tons or more. It is known that she carried about 125 tons of fuel ail and it is probable that in addition she could ow more than 300 or 400 tons of With an allowance for torpe- , ammunition and increased food and other stores, it is doubtful if the Deutschland could do better than double her fuel capac She re- quired from sixteen to twenty-five days ross the Atlantic; her cruise in the c, if she ever reached those wa- would be brief unless she could replenish her fuel voyages across the Atlantic were about 3,000 miles each way. A double al- lowance of fuel would hardly more than take her to an effective field of operations in the Pacific. THOMPSON TO QUIT IF DANIELS WILL Navy League Head Makes Sport- ing Proposition to- Secretary New York, Aug. 16—Colonel Robert M. Thompson, president of the Navy League, whose resignation® was de- manded on Tuesday night by Mr. Dan- Secretary of the Navy, because of se and slanderous statement” re- garding the recent explosion at Mare Island Navy Yard, yesterday replied to Sea Fleet by running out from Wil- shaven with considerable regu- sometimes two or three times The fleet only makes short however, and never goes very far out to sea. The High Sea Fleet usually leaves Wilhelmshaven in the evening and is back by early dinner time, between Secreta Danicls offering him a “sporting proposition”, namely, that both resign. “If it were necessary for main as Secretary of the Nav Colonel Thompson, “it probably would be better to have some one other than myself as head of the Navy League for 1 find it difficult to respect the ! for themselves. 9x12 Regular Price SALE PRICE 4-6x7-6 Regular Price SALE PRICE 36x63 Regular Price SALE PRICE 27x54 Regular Price SALE PRICE 221,%x36 Regular Price SALE PRICE 9x12 Regular Price S(\LE PRICE 8-3x10-6 Regular Price. 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SALE PRICE,, ., 8-3x10-6 RegularfPrice ) WHITTALL ANGLO INDIAN 9x12 Regular Price SALE PRICE - 36x63 RegularPrice\ SALE PRICE 27x54 RegularPrice SALE PRICE $69.3 $54.7 $11.9 $8.2 $7. $5.0 $4. $3.8 .$44T $3; 4 $5 $3.7 $410 $29.9 $37. $27.5¢ A corresponding reduction has been made on allother lines in our Stock and personal inspection will convince you that these are GENUINE-BARGAINS: B. C. PORTER SONS Opposit] the Pa’ e Navy Department when that depart- ment is represented by you: * * * Quoting from your letter to me, “The chief service which you can render the navy is to resign at once’, I make you a sporting proposition—if you do, I shall”. In his letter Colonel Thompson flat- ly refused to withdraw or compromise the statement emanating from ‘the Navy League to which Secretary Dan- iels had taken exception. This state- ment was the charge that the Mare Island explosion had been due to a conspiracy, a time fuse having been found connected with the black pow- der magazine. Colonel Thompson de- manded the reason for withholding this information from the public and said that Mr. Daniels’ anger was be- cause the Navy League had told the American people the truth about the matter. If it were a German conspir- id, the public ought to know M. Thompson’s Letter. His letter to Secretary Daniels in full follews: “August 15, “Honorable Josephus Daniels, “Secretary of the Navy, “Washington, D. C. “My Dear Mr. Daniels—I have re- ceived through the columns of the daily press your letter dated August 14. “It is true that Mr. Stayton and T, in order to insure cordial co-operation between the Navy Department and the Navy League, offered to give way to persons who might be selected by you for the purpose. We knew that we had committed the grave offence of being right when you were wrong, and that to some minds is an unfor- givable offence. “Also, 1n the interests of the service that we love and the country we are working for we were ready to sacrifice ourselves. If it were necessary for you to remain as Secretary of the Navy it probably would be better to have some one other than myself as head of the Navy League, for T find it difficult to respect the Navy Depart- ment when that department is repre- sented by you. “In your interview you substantially admit the important fact in our state- ment, namely; that the explosion was the result of a conspiracy, but do not explain to the public why you have failed to take action. “There is a reason. What is it? You were very angry with us for telling the American people this important fact. Why? Quoting from your letter to me “The chief service which you can ren- der the navy is to resign at once’, T make you a sporting proposition—if you do, 1 shall. “Faithfully (Signed) “ROBERT M. THOMPSON, “President of the Navy League of the United State Will Give All Facts, Tn addition to this letter Colonel 1917, yours, Thompson, at his home at Southamp- ton, L. I.. last night gave the followt statement: ) “The statement to which Mr. Dan- s objected was put out by the pub- licity department of the Navy League in our ordinary bulletins and at the time it was published I was not aware of such intention. Believing, however, the charge to be true, I am now ready to assume full responsibility for it. 1 might have first submitted the charge to the Navy Department had I known of the intention to publish it, but now that it is known I belleve the public ought to have all the facts. It is wrong to conceal such happenings from reliable public. newspapers and “The Navy League will issue It canno detailed statement tomorrow regd the explosion and the conspirag believe to be back of it. sporting proposition in the hope Mr. Daniels will see the wisdom cepting it. before President Wilson will ses inadvisability of trying to carry war with men who are opposed | war, and then he will get rid o retary Daniels and others like hi 1 issu t be much I Leonard and Herrmann Co. ‘STORE CLOSES WEDNESDAYS, 12:15 DURING AUGUST AUGUST ECONOMY SALE FINAL OLEARANCE ON ALL SUMMER WEARING APPARE] FOR A STARTER—HERE’S LUCK FOR JUST 2! WOMEN. The balance of our stock of Cloth from $22.50 to $32.50, to go and Silk Suits, ** $9.98 Made of the wanted materials in copen., navy, black, dark gold, checks. 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