New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 24, 1917, Page 11

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1917. WAR TILL VIGTORY, -~ SPIRIDOVONO GRIES “Victim of Homble Tortures In- cites Russians to Arms Petrograd, June 30. (Correspon- dence of The Associated Press)— Marya Spiridonovo, famous from the * Revolution of 1905, has joined the ranks of women champions of “war till victor; Mlle Spiridonovo, a 19 vear old tudent at a secondary school, was so horrified by the flog- ging of Tamboff peasants by Assistant Governor Luzhenowsky, that she shot the oppressor dead. She was arrested, .dragged from place ito place in = cattle truck, and tortured.: The gen- darme officer who acted as jailer stripped her naked, and held burning matches against her skin. Her casc provoked international protest. Mille Spiridonovo has been in *ka- torga,” the most terrible form of penal prison and spent three years in chains. After her release by the | begging the women to incite revolution ,she lay ill in Tchita, Bast Siberia, the inhabitants of which in- vited her to become a candidate for election as mayor. On her way home to Furope, thousands of Siberians met and acclaimed her at the railroad station; and she replied by begging the men to fight for liberty, and their ands to battle. Speaking at Omsk, she told deser- ter soldiers that America’s entry into the war should make them blush with shame as American liberationist sen- timent had been a powerful factor in her favor. hu Weed to Kill German Crops. Paris, July 26.—It might have been thought that nothing new remained to be attempted in aerial warfare, but the French Aviation authorities are | considering an idea, first suggested by the celebrated pilot, Vedrines, of throwing seeds of that troublesome weed, couch-grass, (known to farm- ers as squitch or quitch,) over the cultivated land in Germany. It is asserted that it would be an easy matter for an aeroplane to carry 500 pounds of the seed and let it fall on fields where corn, beet, or potatoes are planted and that, i & supply is not available, scientists would not take long to raise it in sufficient quantity to send a thousand of the aeroplanes which France I8 SELECTED FIRESTONE SECONDS IN ALL SIZES We offer a choice lot of selected Firestone seconds in plain and non-skid treads. These tires are good for 3,500 to 5,000 miles and will return as much wear: as a first at considerably less expense As they are not likely to last long wesuggest that you come in at once and buy your set. Our prices are very lovg. VULCANIZING FREE AIR —PROMPT SERVICE THE GUNN RUBBER CO. 57 East Main Street Hartford, \yaterbury and Bridgeport The Curran DryGoods Co. ADVANGE SHOWING of FALL MERCHANDISE OUR READY-TO-WEAR DEPARTMENT ® is showing some dressy Fall Coats. 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EXTRA SPECIAL Men’s Union Suits in all sizes, 79c value, special at ~49c Women's Union Suits in regular size, 49c value, extra special 29 c —_————————— Women’s Iisle Thread Hose in white and bla extra special .. —_—-——— A lot of fine Swiss Handkerchiefs, that are worth 25c, special at —_—_—ee———— 200 dozen Children’s School Hose, worth 17¢ to 19¢, extra special at °k, 25¢ value 15c El5¢c 12Y45¢ e e P T Boys’ Wash Suits, neat styles, 69c value, extra special at ... 39 C expecting at an early date from the United States, over Germany's crops. The possibility of dropping seeds of some rapidly growing form of mush- room fungus or even germs of phyl- loxera is also under consideration. Have Some Tea, Old Dear? London, Aug. 2.—'"Has it been noticed that since the anti-treating epoch and since alcoholic liquor came to vanishing point, men invite one an- other to.cups of tea and get quite feverish over their potations” asks the Daily Express. ‘Yesterday af- ternoon an actor who is ‘resting’ con- fessed that he had consumed nine cups of tea since breakfast time. They had certainly changed his condition. i He was terribly restless. Glittering eyes, rapid, nonsensical voluminous talk, high temperature, an uncertain temper, a fluctuating pulse, hands nervously clenched—all these are the jsigns and tokens of tea drunkeness.” King’s Fourth Son in Training. Windsor, England, Aug. 15—Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, fourth son of King George, went into camp with an advance party of the Eton College Officers Training Corps. Prince Henry wore the outfit of a private soldier and carried a kit bag and he discharged the usual fatigue duties incidental to an advance party which consists of preparing’ the camp for the reception .of the corps. PARSONS IN FRANCE. Monroe, H. Parsons, a member of Dr. Peck’s medical unit, has wriften a very brief letter from France. Moro lengthy letters . are expectad from him in the near future. Mr. Parsons is the son of Mrs. C. H. Par- sons of West Malp street. He was graduated from the Sheffield ficnennflc school in June. GOODRICH-COOK. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Goodrich of 209 Stanley street announce the engagement of their son, Lester E.. to Miss Mable E. Cook, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Cook of Thompsonville. The wedding will be held at the home of the bride Mon- day evening at 7 o'clocvk, Sept. 3. The Sigels of '48, '61-'65 and ’17. (New York Herald.) ‘““We fight mit Sigel!” was the proud war cry of hundreds of men of Ger- man birth and lineage who battled valiantly under Franz Sigel in the Civil war. That cry was a vocal badge of honor in which Sigel and his fellows who fled from Germany after a fruitless fight for liberty found great glory, and even today, after a lapse of half a century, the descendants of these valiant men, many of whom sealed their allegiance to their adopted country with their lives, cherish above all other things the memory of the patriotic achieve- ments of the liberty loving Germans of *48 who became the stanch liberty enjoying Americans of '61/65. Every American, and especially those of German extraction whose an- cestors ‘“fought mit Sigel,” will feel a thrill of pride over the patriotic conduct of Sigel’s daughter and a grandson, who was selected for the National Army. Although the young man is supporting the mother sho thinks she ‘‘can manage if her boy goes to war. His grandfather fought for Lincoln and Liberty, and it is right that he should do his share in the new fight for freedom.” Sparta ngver had a braver mother nor a niore patriotic son.. There may be and indisputably are traitors among the Germans in America, men who have not yet discovered what Ameri- ca is or stands for. There are Kaiser loving editors of German language newspapers in this country in whose veins courses a black stream of pol- lution like that which for three years has been pumped out of Berlin to poison.and to kill. But vile and nau- seous as are the acts of those rep- tilian agents of the disgraced and dishonored government of Berlin, the vast majority of Americans of Ger- man lineage are as right in mind and as sound in heart as this daughter and grandson of the great lover of liberty, the great foe of autocracy whose name will sound in the war cry, “We fight mit Sigel!” as long as liberty stirs the hearts and desires of man. Too Steady. (Exchange). The northern born foreman of a construction crew in the south pested a notice saying he wanted day labor- ers. The only response was in the person of a languid looking colored man who appeared at the door of the work shanty, hat in hand, and stated that he would not be altogether averse to accepting employment. First, though, he made so bold as to inquire concerning the nature of the work. “Do you 'want a good regular joh— steady work, day in and day out, with steady pay?” snapped the northerner. The visitor backed away. “No, suh, not ef I kin git anything else to do,” he stated. Murder Slush. (Springfield Daily News). Down New York way when a wom- an commits a murder we must be re- signed to seeing stuff like the follow. ing in the daily papers there for days following: “The charming murderess spent a lovely day in her cell yesterday. She ate sparingly of fllet mignon and angel cake, provided by the warden’s wife, who has grown very fond of her distinguished guest—we mean, prisoner. “ ‘Yes, I shot him,’ she chattered gayly to a wéman sob-suft slinger. ‘T ought to have done it long before, but I was so busy I couldn’t just seem to get around to it. “ ‘Why did I do it?” chic shrug of her dainty shoulders. ‘Who knows? Call it im- pulse. Besides, life was becoming awfully monotonous, and he was such a wretched fox-trotter.’ “No expense will be spared to free Mme. De Slush. After her acquittal she will head her own vaudeville com- pany, and will tour the provinces, in- | cluding Springfield, Mass.” She gave a Brazilian 1 New York, Aug. 24.—There was a wild burst of enthusiasm at the na- tional tennis tournament at Forest Hills when three of the crack tennis experts of the country came on the TENNIS STARS WHO HAVE JOINED ARMY SNAPPED IN UNIFORM AT TOURNAMENT | field in the uniforms of Uncle Sam. It is agreed that each of these athletes will give .2 good account of himself at the frant. In the accompanying illus- tration, left to right, are C. J. Griffin of The Banker at His Best. (Ohio State Journal) No one can act more accommodat- ing and self-sacrificing than a banker when he flnally consents to make & little money out of you by lending you a small amount deposited by yourself and others. Oklahoma Must Stay In. (Ohio State Journal.) This glorious Union is farever one and indivisible, and we suppose the rest of us would put up a pretty good fight to keep even Oklahoma in it if it came to a show-down. 1918 After Looking Over the Wide Field of the Automobile Industry the Honeyman Auto Sales Co. have taken on the Hupmobile Agency! They have done this with the assurance of success, in so far as the car is known, as the Sturdiest car in the market, ang already has won the highest point of admiration from the Automobile owners. California and Hugh Kélleher of Washington, second lieutenants in the infantry branch, and R. Norris Wil- MI[IHAELIS TIAR,’ DEPUTY CHAR Stormy Session in Main Cop ‘mittee During Peace Discussig London, Aug. 24—Special despatd es from Amsterdam represent scene in the Reichstag main commi tee Wednesday over Chancellor chaelis’ attitude on the peace reso tion as a storm which would hi resulted in ousting him from office a democratic country. According these accounts Dr. Michaelis challenged to explain his real at| tude toward the peace resolution B cause when he said July 19 he s ported it he added ‘‘as I underst it."” The apparent qualification Herr Michaelis’ challengers. had b seized by the anexationists, W] claimed that the chancellor was rea on_their side. Dr. Michaelis, in reply, made a borious explanation. He said aiffy ences of opinion were possibie garding details, and he had nog such differences among the major iparties. This provoked an outbu on the part of the representatives the majority parties., in the name which Herr Friederich Ebert, soci ist leader, virtually charged chancellor with falsehodd. Herr Ebert said the majorit] completely agreed about the signi cance of the resolution, which unmistakeable and they insisted th the government prosecute a defia Dpeace policy. The Tageblatt says the affair is n merely of passing importance, nor ¢ it be gloss¢d over by a few smoo phrases. The paper contends it clear that Chancellor Michaeiis not sufficient authority to control situation, because he was chosen wit} out the popular represemamvea hal ing been consulted. E London, Aug. 24.—A Berlin spatch via Copenhagen says it is derstood that Dr. Michaelis, the G man chancellor, and various part| in the Reichstag, are negotiating wi a view to summoning their lead representatives to a conference liams, who is a second lieutenant in the artillery. Von Hindenburg’s Prediction. (Louisville Courier-Journal.) 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