New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 24, 1917, Page 7

NEW RBRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1917. BESSE-LELAND’S THE LIVE STORE BARGAIN WEEK A THOUSAND HOOVERS Backed by all the Entente Nations couldn’t increase the wool crop mor lower woolen prices for a long time to come; so buy whatever you may need now, then turn around and buy for next summer. 0ddsand Ends of Young Men’S Suits $4.35and $9.75 \ Were $10.00, $15 and $18. Should any young man purchase one of these suits and be called to the colors, we will refund to him the full amount. MEN'S SUITS, Odds and Ends, $9.75 and $14.75 Were $15, $18, $20 and $25 These suits are priced for a quick clearance and wili not last long. Children’s Suits, 0dds and Ends, $1.93. These suits are all priced the same and consist of all summer suits that sold for $4.00, $5.00 and $6.50. Children’s Blouses 50c and 19c each. Children’s Hose, , all prices. Special sale of Children’s Odd Trousers at special prices while they last. You will find many other Bargains for a quick clearance. Come in and look around. BESSE-LELAND CO. 38 Stores Largest Clothing Organization in New England 38 Cities BATIERIES MDD " BY SHOKE 10l Germans Have Novel Schemg Foil Entente Airmen. — French Front, July 20.— spondence of the Associated Pres Smoke producers to hide the tions of batteries are in general] since the spring of this yvear in German artillery operating one Franco-British front. An ordei sued in connection with their emp ment was found recently ‘in an Jery emplacement capturéd by French. It gave details of the o od in which the smoke-prod were to be used, as follows: “These smoke-producers (N toepfe) should be placed in posn_l a distance of at least 250 yards the battery in the direction which the wind is blowing and ghould be intervals of eight yaras tween them. . “Emplacements for the smoke ducers should be prepared all ard the battery in order that their tions may be changed rapidly int| the direction of the wind should “Use should be made of the sm producers as soon as the enemy b§ to fire on the battery with aerdpl to aid him in regulating the and direction.” Stockholm Hunting Rats. Stockholm, July, 18.—The ecit: thorities have begun a = camp against rats by offering a rewail about 2314 cents for every ca delivered. While it is hoped thd reduce the rat plague conside the chief end is to secure an impoy addition to the stocks of fats a able for the making of soaps. lubricants. The rat carcasses: treated in a ‘‘corpse utilization e lishment,” where, after the faty been boiled out, what remains is verted into a poultry food. South den has for some time been utll cadavers of various animals in} way. A considerable amount of also secured by skimming large tainers placed in the sewers le from hotels, restaurants and o places where there is an unavoid waste of fat. 7! English Land Boom. TLondon, July 24.—The effect of corn production bill on the 'valu .{ land throughout the couritry is marked and there are more inq for farms and small estates than' . possibly be satisfled. The specul and financier are said to be al operating and instances are quote agricultural land changing ownt twice a week, each time at a prof A prominent auctioneer at Dey Wiltshire, said land was_selling bd | now than for twenty-flye vears, | during the present month his firm | disposed of ovet $6,000,000° wortH from $75 to $400 an agre. . . . Many of the inquiries for estatef between five and six thousand a are for the purpose of Settling sold] and sailors on.after the war, Lo Telegraphers Revealed Mes Amsterdam, Netherlands, July —Three telegraph pperators, were charged with having supplie: an agent of the , British . intellige service copies of telestaph exchan| between ministers of the. Cent Powers at.the Hague and their ernments have been . sentenced h The ringleader was condemned .tq year's imprisonment. A girl ope who had been drawn into the affair| the prnicipal offender, was given conditional sentence of five month East India Rubber Increases. Batavia, Netherlands FEast Indj July 18.—A big increase in the production of the Netherlands Indies is shown by statistics for 14 Just published by the Assoclation Rubber Dealers. The total crop of the Nether! East Indies in the current year isf timated at 40,700,000 pounds, an crease of 40 per cent. American @ tal has recently taken an .iner interest in the growth of rubber in-4 Dutch colony. Autos Release Food for Table. Every time that a motor car is p in service it can be assumed that replaces a span of horses and th means an enormous diversion of ag cultural products from the manger the dining room table. “This is not a mere collection figures” says Heber Irving Jester, log Saxon salesman, but it is a vital fi in the conservation of a food supp to fill the millions of mouths in country and in the allied nations.™ “If we assume that every motor- is the equal of two horses, thep can assume that the 3,700,000 pi senger motor cars now in use ‘M Teplaced twice that number «of &1 mals. Agricultural experts ha determined that five acres of tillabj land must be utilized to feed ever horse. Figuring on that t Lt acreage that is made available fd raising food stuffs for the people the world in this country alone 37,000,000 acres—an area suflici raise the entire food pply for .12 000,000 men, which is the total ford employed in the war by the allies. “Here is a.very definite reason 10 the purchase-of a motor car to rq place horses. It is a thing that evel one of us is interested in these dayd Whether we personally own a hors| or not, is beside question. In the ag gregate the moter cars in use repla¢ the horses. “Today I believe is the right tim to buy an automomib'c as a purelf economic proposition. Tt is not oni an individual economy in that it cos less to keep than a horse, but it i an economy that will benefit ‘the en 1lirc wor] dvt, e