New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 24, 1917, Page 3

Boston Store The time is fast approaching for the opening of the schools. Have you looked into the requirements of the little folks for that occasion. e We are showing pretty Plaid Ginghams, 27 inches wide, correct for school wear At 15¢ a Yard. G Also fine 32-inch Plaids At 17¢ a Yard. ey Peggy Cloth is about the best wearing material known for Blouses, Dresses, etc., is 33 inches w1de At 20c a Yard Underwear in all weights and sizes, from 19¢ to 50c each. Good Strong Stockmgs in black, white and tan, sizes 6 to, 11. Prices 12% ¢ to 38c. —O . Hair Ribbons in all colors. Handkerchiefs, Ties, etc. ol McCALL PATTERNS 10c, 15¢, 20c. PULLAR & NIVEN * GEN F. J. KERNAN IS TRANSPORT BOSS PRESIDENT FIXES . COST OF HARD COAL Dr. Garfield, Administrator to Prevent Bleeding of Pablic ‘Washington, Aug. 24—By an execu- tive order President Wilson late yes- terday named Dr. Harry A. Garfleld, president of Willlams College, coal administrator, fixed the prices of an- thracite coal at the mine—ranging from $4 to $5.30 a ton, according to the grade—and named the conditions under which jobbers w.uld be per- mitted to operate. The regulation of the retailer was left is the hands of Dr. Garfield, with authority to use drastic power, and with instructions to exert every ef- fort to bring relief throughout the country. It was generally considered here that the President’s action would mean a decided drop in ‘anthracite coal prices. of the commission to determine a price for the 1917 wheat crop, ac cepted the new commission, and im. mediately took up his work. He told a repgrter that three cardinal prin- ciples would be observed. They are: 1. Fair treatment of operators un- der conditions which would stimulate production. 2. Falr treatment of the jobbers, with restrictions which would prevent GEN. FRANCIS J. HERNAN A new division of the army general staff has been created to handle all business pertaining to the shipment of troops and supplies to FEurope. Brig- sadier General Francis J. Kernan has been detailed as chief of the embark- ation service, with Colonel Chauncey B. Baker of the quartermaster corps as his chief assistant. The new ser- vice will have direct supervision of all movements of supplies from points of origin to ports of embarka- tion and will control the movements &¢ all army transports. All commer- eaal shipping used for army purposes is also placed in General Kernan's jurisdiction. EXPECT CARPENTIER. ‘Wonderful French Pugilist and Avia- tor May Reach U. S. Soon. New York,- Aug. 24.—Although Georges Carpentier, heavyweight champion boxer of Europe and a member of the French aviation corps since the beginning of the great war, did not arrive in this country Wednes- day, as announced in dispatches, there seems to be no doubt that he is really axpected here shortly. Just what the nature of Carpentier's mission to the United States is is not definitely kriwn. One story is that his health has failed under the strain of war and that he is coming here to recuperate. Another is that he will seek to enlist French subjects in this country for the army in France. Of caurse, there is talk of match- ing the gallant French soldier with Jess Willard for the heavyweight championship of the world. There is talk of such a match, but it will never be permitted to take place. BURNS AND ANDERSON PASSED. { $50,000,000 grain corporation, this branch of the trade taking ad- vantage of the retailer. 3. Fair treatment of the retailer, with restrictions, if necessary, which would prevent exorbitant profits. It can be stated that Dr. Garfield is determined to end, o far as lies with- in his power, waste and profiteering in coal. The prices fixed by the president for coal at the mine are approximate- ly those which the operators agreed upon voluntarily in conference with the Federal Trade Commission some months ago. The president. how- ever, in naming 20 cents a ton for shipments east of Buffalo and 30 cents a ton west of Buffalo as the fee of the johber, lopped off much of the profite these men had been ac- customed to make in many instances. The soft coal jobbers' fee was limited to 15 cents a ton. Only Single Fee Allowed. President Wilson also ruled that only a single jobber’s fee should be charged, and that if the coal passed through several agencies in shipment from producer to retailer these agencies must be satisfied to appor- tion it among themselves. Dr. Gar- field said that he was in full accord with this principle enunciated by the President. “We will try,” he said. “to obtain coa] for the consuming public without working undue hardship to any de- partment of the trade, and we believe. that much ‘can be accomplished in this direction. Just what reductions are possible is 'a matter of conjec- ture; we must first get our organiz tion into operation. “It is possible that a system ot licensing will be adopted in order to obtain complete control of the situ- ation in the interests of all, and this may be done largely on the plan worked out for the control.of the wheat supply. In this way we could compel the jobbers to accept the rul- ing of the president as to the profits they shall make, as the license could be rescinded if conditions were not met." The problem of cgntrolling the re- tailer, Dr. Garfleld admitted, was complicated, because of the many companies and individuals involved, but it can be stated that if necessary to prevent abuses a licensing system will be inaugurated also for that branch of the industry. One theory, however, is that a universal price for anthracite to the consumer—with perhaps slight variations because of locality and business conditions—can be establiched, which retailers will find it inexpedient to violate, regard- less of lack of drastic action. ‘With the price at the mine and the jobber's free fixed by the president, the price at which retailers obtain coal can be pretty closely ascertalned by the public, as the freight rates will be made known. The coal ad- ministrator may indicate at a later date the profit which is believed to be a fair one for the retailer. May Form Coal Corporation. There will, however, be no tendency on the part of the coal administration to overlook any of the powers con- ferred in the food control bill if cir- cumstances seem to warrant their use. In this connection it is entirely possi- ble that, within a very short time, steps will be taken to organize a cor- poration along the lines of the new with power to purchase the output of any recalcitrant operator and resell it, or, if thought wise, take over the entire put of the coal fields. It is not con- templated at the present time to go to that extreme, but it will be done if there is a halt in the plan for lower prices. How the anthracite decree will af- fect the New York retail market is a matter of conjecture. It is held here in some quarters that, striking an av- erage price of $4.50 for coal at the mine, 20 cents for the jobber, $1.60 for freight, and_20 cents for barge transportation, coal should be deliv- ered in New York city for approxi- mately $6.50 a ton from the Pennsyl- vania fields. To this must be added a legitimate margin for overhead charges of the retailer, and a fair profit. Every effort will be made. under the New York, Aug. 24.—George Burns and Fred Anderson of the Giants have passed the examination for entrance into the national army, but both have rfjed pleas for exemption. Burns has been married for three years and his wife is solely dependent upon him for support, while Anderson has a wife and one child. Buy an Indiana truck.—advt. new administration to reduce the ex- penses of the retail dealers in order to cut down overhead charges and thus bring a further reduction in the price to the consumer. One method to be adopted in this direction will be the use of powers under the priority legislation, and Dr. Garfield will work in close co-operation with Robert S. Lovett, who ig in Chicago for this end Dr. Garfield, already at the head | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 19 I7. e -THIS STORE WILL BE CLOSED FRIDAYS AT NOON, UNTIL SEPT. 14, INCLUSIVE MEN DON'T MISS THIS! You can pick up a big saving here now on a distinctly Summer Suit or a year ’round Suit and your choice from a good variety. It’s the last call from our Semi- Annual Sale: 920 SUITS at $14.75 $22 SUITS at $17.50 $25 SUITS at $19.50 328 SUITS at $21.50 Sounds good, doesn’t it? Is good. Furnishing Goods Sale, too. HOLLANDERS’ 82-88 ASYLUM STREET, HARTFORD. THE DAYLIGHT STORE of the government machinery. It is believed that a system can he worked out by which the retailers will be as- sured of the coal needed at stated pe- riods and thus obviate the necessity for storing large quantities to meet contracts. A map of the country and its needs will be prepared for this pur- pose. The action taken by the president today practically completes at least the preliminary stage of his coal con- trol plan, as the principle of licensing, which will be put in force in connec- tlon with anthracite, probably will be applied also, with necessary adjust- ments, to the bituminous coal output. Dr. Garfield, however, let it be known that he would be ready at any time to take more drastic action if confronted by a situation which called for such a step. He felt, he said, after an ex- amination of the law, that the food control legislation gave all of the pow- ers necessary for absolute and arbi- trary control of output, distribution and prices. Text of Executive Order. The president’s letter is as follows: The following regulations shall ap- ply to the intrastate, interstate, and forelgn commerce of the United States, and the prices and margins re- ferred to herein shall be in force pending further investigation or deter- mination thereof by the president: Jobbers’ Margins. 1. A coal jobber is defined as a person (or rather agency) who purchases and resells coal to coal dealers or to consumers withaut physically handling it on, over, or through his own vehicle, dock, trestle, or yard. For the buying and selling of bituminous coal a jobber shall not add to his purchase price a gross margin in excess of 15 cents per tan of 2,000 pounds; nor shall the combined gross margins of any number of jobbers who buy and sell a given shipment or ship- ments of bituminous coal exceed 15 cents per ton of 2,000 pounds. 3. For buying and selling an- thricite coal a jobber shall not add to his purchase price a gross mar- gin in excess of 20 cents per ton Chestnut of 2,240 pounds when delivery of Pea such coal is to be effected at or 6 east of Buffalo. For buying and = selling anthricite coal for delivery west of Buffalo, a jobber shall not add to his purchase price a gross margin in excess of 30 cents per ton af 2.240 pounds. The com- bined gross margins of any num- ber ©f jobbers who buy and sell a given shipment or shipments of anthracite coal for delivery at or east of Buffalo shall not exceed 20 cents per ton of 2,240 pounds: nor shall such combined margins exceed 30 cents per ton of 2,240 cents per ton of 2,3€0. pounds: for the delivery of an- thracite coal west of Buffalo. 7. Producers of anthracite coal Provided, anthracite coal may be specified in Paragraph 4 of these increased by not more than 5 regulations shall net sell anthra- tic or lake ports for trans-ship- ment by water. Anthracite Prices, 4. Tffective Sept. 1, 1917, the maximum prices per ton of 2,240 pounds on board cars at the mines for the grades and sizes of an- thracite coal hereinafter speci- fled shall not exceed the prices in- dicated in Paragraph 5 when such coal is produced and sold by the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company, Lehigh Coal and Navigation company, Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal company, Hudson Coal company, Delaware and Hudson company, Scranton Coal company, Lehigh Valley Coal company, Coxe Brothers & Co., Pennsylvania Coal company, Hill- side Coal and Iron company, Dela- ware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad company, Susquehanna Coal company, Susquehanna Cal- liers company, Lytle Coal com- pany, or the M. A. Hanna Coal company. 5, The grades and sizes for which the maximum prices are specified are as follows: White ash anthracite coal of the grade that between Jan. 1, 1915, and Jan. 1, 1917, was uniformly sold and recognized in the trade as coal of red ash grade, and Lykens Valley anthracite coal that Is mixed exclusively fram the Ly- kens Valley seams and of the grade that between Jan. 1, 1915, and Jan. 1, 1917, was uniformly sold and recognized in the coal trade as coal of Lykens Valley grade: shall not sell coal produced by the producers included in Paragraph 4 on the basls of prices fixed at the mine for coal produced by the producers not specified in satd paragraph. WOODROW WILSON, The White House, Aug. 23, 1917, PERU READY TO BREAK. Text of President’s Message to Con- gress Received. Washington, Aug. 24.—Peru’s readi- ness to break relations with Germany is clearly indicated in the Peruvian president’s recent message to congress, the text of which was received from the American minister and made public yesterday by the state depart- ment. The attitude of the United States in entering the war was in- dorsed, and it was intimated that peruvian waters were open to Ameri- can warships. Unofficial dispatches from Amster- dam saying Peru had sent Germany an ultimatum as the result of a Ger- man prize court’s refusal of damages for the sinking of the Peruvian sailing vessel Lorton created no surprise at the state department. The Peruvian president's message to congress was regarded here as preparing the way for a rupture. Referring to the demo- cratic principles enunciated in Presi- dent Wilson's war address, he said: “Peru, which in all its acts of in- ternational life has endeavored to in- carporate these principles of justice in the judicial and political relations of the American people; Peru, which in a war not far back sacrificed for these ideals the blood of its sons, the richness of its treasures and the hopes .of it future, cannot be indifferent to the words of President Wilsan and ad- heres, once more, to such noble pur- poses. “Brazil, Cuba, Bollvia and Panama have suspended their diplomatic rela- tions with the Central Powers. Uru- guay has taken the initiative that tHe South American united states may re- celve in their ports Amesican warships as brother nations and not belliger- ents, a concept camparable with terms of benevolent neutrality to which act my government has adhered with sympathy.” White Ash Grade. Broken ... Egg Stove Chestnut .84, Red Ash Grnde Broken Egg . Stove Ches!nut Pea ... Ly’ kens Vaney Grade Broken BERE ssesioess Stove .. Producers Of anthrac e coal who are not specified in Para graph 4 shall not sell the various grades and sizes of anthracite ¢oal at prices that exceed by more than 75 cents per ton of 2,240 pounds free on board cars at the mines the prices enumerated in Para- graph 5. Provided, that any pro- ducer of anthracite coal who in- curs the expense of rescreening it at Atlantic or lake ports for ship- mgnt by water may increase the price thereof by not more than 5 COAL $24 IN PARIS. Paris, Aug. 24.—The price of coal to be supplied under the coal yard system, beginning early in September, has been fixed at $20 a ton for ordi- nary coal and $24 for anthracite. This scale is intended for coal purchased far private use. The price for coal for central heating stations will be fixed later. Acquire Auto Agency. The Honeyman Sales and Auto Service Station at 189 Main street, has recently acquired the agency for the Hupmobile. They also handle the Selden and Vim trucks. They have recently enlarged their garage by 130 square feet and are now equipped for a large business.—advt. cents per ton of 2,240 pounds cite coal not specifled in Para- when the jobber incurs the ex- graph 4. pense of rescreening it at Atlan- 8. Dealers and sellifg agents Leonard and Herrmann Co; AUGUST ECONOMY SALE" ON SMART TUB SKIRTS Plenty of time still ahead to wear them, but “farewell” as we need the room we the must they occupy for nefy wearables Soon to arrive; hence the following sharp reductions: $7.98 and $8.75, now .... $6.75° | $6.00, NOW ............. $4.98 $4.98, now . ..l 8898 ‘ $3.98, now . 1Ll s298 98c, now 165 Main Street, New Britain Two Stores $3.75, now $3.25, $3.00, $2.98, now $2.50, $1.98, nOwW' .. $1.60, now 790 Mlddletmm z AUNT DELIA’S BREAD is pure, wholesome and full ;of * nou ment and it’s made right here in New Britain. Your sells it. Our Saturday Bakmg FRESH FRUIT PIES, Orisp, Juicy and delicious ........ ‘ APPLE, PEACH and HUCKLEBERRY KUCEENn..N..‘.uch 1 CHOCOLATE MARSHMALLOW ROLLS e . oevecneomes: .each Also Ooffee Cakes, Bath Buns, Fruit Buns, Boston Brown Bre and Baked Beans, High Grade Pound Cakes, Fruit. Cake, fornia Raisin Bread, and many other good and baked goods. whole Hoffmann’s Bake 62 WestMain St. THD STORES --95 Arch § RENIER, PICKHARDT & CONTINUED BLEAHANCE SA;_ SUMMER WASH DRESSES AND SKIRTS - ALL GOING AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICE DUTCH IN QUANDARY OVER POTATO CROP Find It Difficult to Appease Eng- land and Germany Too The Hague, Netherlands, July 31 (Correspondence of the Associated Press).—The potato riots,at Amster- dam and Rotterdam this month have glven the Dutch government one of the most severe jolts it has experi- enced. The trouble began with a request on the part of Germany that the ex- port of new potatoes should be per- mitted immediately after they began to reach the market. As it was backed up by the intimation that only thus could be obviated a reduction of the ration of German coal of 350,000 tons a month, on which the country and its industries so vitally depend, the min- ister of agriculture, F. E. Posthuma, gave way. The standing agreement provided that 12,000 tons of potatoes must be delivered to Great Britain before 'any further export to Germany, and as the British authorities insisted on the strict fulfillment of this obligation the result was that the home market, for two or three weeks preceding the ar- rival of the new crop in any quanti- ty, was bereft of its supplies of the old and was practically bare. Finding themselves suddenly de- prived of such a conspicuous item in their daily menu, mobs of indignant housewives at Amsterdam and Rot- terdam raided any boats or wagons containing potatoes they could get at, and apparently managed to plunder a certain amount destined for Great Britain, though they neither knew nor cared where the food was bound. In- deed, there was no suggestion what- ever of the riots being of an antl- British character. The British authorities were the more displeased with the caurse things had taken as seeming to throw on | seems to have been opened for exports them the odium of taking supplies which Holland herself needed, while, owing to shipment delays, the frontier to Germany a little while before the British supply had actually left the country, and London apparently has made its displeasure unpleasantly plain ta the Netherlands government. The market is now flooded with po- tatoes of the new crop, which, besides supplying home neceds, is expected to permit of the export of 25,000 each to the United' Xingdom Germany. B o v Japs Welcome'Red Oross. Tokio, July 19.—Cardiality and’ pathy marked the luncheon giv the Japan Red Cross society to American Red Cross mission was on its way to Russia. The American mission of which Frank Billings is chairman, was an its arrival in Japan by a large gation of Japanese workers incl Baron Ishiguro, the president o saclety and other officers. Baron Ishiguro made an intere: address at the luncheeon. He vg Japanese appreciation of the wal of the reception accorded in the I States to Japanese Red Cross mil on their way to Europe and a@l “The emblem of the Red Cross wiped out all the boundaries of o as well as the distinction of Co-operation in this human’ we; a matter of nature, cannot be wise than in deep sympathy with other. I feel, thereforc, as it I old friends here today.” $332,750 for Salvage. London, Aug. 21.—The admif court awarded $332,750 far salving) steamer San Onofre which got difficulties in the Ice-flelds of North Atlantic in March, 1916. The steamer Ashtabula which sisted in the salyage was a $182,750, and the San Gre‘o > cetved $150,000, TAKES OADETS PLAC U. of P, Foothall Map Georgia Institute for Gamo; Philadelphia, Aug. 24. versity of Pennsylvania football 1 agement announced last night tha would play the Georgia Institute Technology at Atlanta on Saturd October & This game takes the place of West Point contest, which was cg celled when the Military Acade called off all its athletic. It will the first time that Pennsylvania Y gone so far South for an oppons RACE PROGRAM INCOM] F Hartford, Aug. 2¢.—When the Tt committee of the Connecticut association yesterday tabulated entries for the Grand Circuit meeting to be held at Charter O} park September 3 to 7, it was fo { that four classes were not filled. b are the free-for-all trot, 5 2:09 pace and 2:12' pace. The, mittee voted to re-open, these until Monday, August 2 at whi time other classes will be auhnlt if they do hot fill' by that tima,