New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 29, 1917, Page 3

Department is awaiting with much in- ‘Embargo Expected to Show Re- ‘Boston Store GUNPERS FORESEES [FERES A YANKEE S A Grand Opportunity to Buy Fine Grade SASH CURTAINS Much Under Value 10 dozen, in White and Cream, made of Mercerized Marquisette, finished, 31 inches long, all ready for use at 3715c a Pair. It would cost 50c to buy the materials alone. ey Initial WASH CLOTHS All the most wanted letters At 12¢ Each Also an Extra Large WASH CLOTH in Pink, Blue and Yellow Stripes, heavy quality At 10c 'Each. S5 McCALL PATTERNS 10c, 15¢, 20c¢ PULLAR & NIVEN BERLIN WATCHED FOR DISTRESS SIGN sults in Near Future Washington, '‘Aug. 29.—The State terest reports of the results of the operation of the American embargo on the people of Germany. It receives constantly reports of economic con- ditions from its agents in neutral countries adjacent to Germany. Some of the reports say that travellers have reported acute conditions in certain sections of the empire. Officials of the department have been unable to find any evidence that Great Britain’s blockade of three years coupled with the original embargo proclamation of President Wilson, has brought Germany to a position where food stringency will cause a speedy breakdown of its military machine. The reports indicate clearly that <there is a shortage of foodstufts gen- erally, but that by a comprehensive distributing system the Government is supplying every person with enough sustenance to support them. Extreme want in certain localitles has always been relieved, the reports say. The distribution of fats and milk imported from the neutral countries has been so sclentific, acording to these reports, that women and chil- dren have never felt the need of ad- ditional sustenance of this character. Every baby in the country has had just enough to lhe on and nothing to waste. The State Department is without information concerning the steps which have been taken by the Govern- ment to offset the stringency of food- stuffs which is expected to follow the hard and fast operations of the latest embargo regulations. If successful, the new embargo will virtually close the doors of Holland and other neutral countries to Germany. Supplies which have been shipped over the border heretofore will be ¢ stopped abruptly. Because of the fact that Germany was dpendent to a large extent on these imports, the Adminis- tration is satisfled that the Teutonic ingenuity will be taxed to the utter- most to meet the new situation. Germany has been importing every available head of cattle from the neutral countries, and this traffic will end with the tightening of the embar- go. It is known here that schoolboys have been sent to the farms to care for crops and cattle during the sum- mer vacations and it is beleived that many of them, will be kept at thelir present employment during the next winter. STONE-COFFEY. cvania Resident Takes local Yonng Woman As Bride. Robert E. Stone of Hazelton, Penn- sylvania, and Miss Mary A. Coffey were married at 9 o’clock this morn- ing in St. Mary’s church. Rev. John T. Winters officiated. The couple were attended by Mr. and Mrs. William G. Dunn. Following the ceremony, a recep- tion was held at the home of the bride’'s father on East Main street. After a honeymoon tour, the couple will reside in Pennsylvania. | have been enrolled as suffragists, VOTES FOR WOMEN Writes Saratoga Gonterence Sul- frage Is Coming i All States UNITED STATES SOLD)ER These two pictures show a fully equipped American soldier with his outfit as now officlally decided upon. He is cavrying his rifle, canteen, in- trenching spade, first aid Kit, etc., the whole weighing sixty-five pounds. In the semi-circular pouch between OLDIER WITH HIS FULL EQUIPMENT FOR WAR lN FULL MARCHING TPlM hig shoulders is contained his mess kit. The outfit includes the portable tent upon which so much care has been expended of late, to provide a shelter that shall be easily erected and taken down, light in weight and portable. FEDERAL MONEY T0 TEAGH FARMING School Boards Urged to File Claim for Their Share (Special to the Herald) Hartford, Aug. ~—Those who di- rect the affairs of high schools in Connecticut are being urged by the Connecticut State Council of Defcnsé to make application for their share of the money available to the state un- der the Smith-Hughes Bill, passed by Congress last year, the money to be used for the introduction of courses in vocational agriculture. Applications to share in tho appropriation may be made to the state board of agricul- ture. The letters have been sent to the chairmen of school committees or boards of education in towns and ci- Saratoga, N. Y. Aug. 29.—In a statement predicting that women are going to have the ballot “in New York and all the states,” Samuel Gompers, president of tHe American Federation of Labor, urged the delegates attend- ing the suffrage conference of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party not to confuse “the relations { between suffrage and industrial bet- |} terment.” “It is a matter of justice that there should be equal pay for equal work,” 1Mr’. Gompers said in his statement, which was read to the conference to- day by Miss Mary Dreier, chairman | of the industrial section. ‘The ballot will help but will not necessarily bring this about. It will result only from the intelligent self-interested activity on the part of the women. “The right to vote does not mean that women will necessarily have work. These industrial problems will work out through organization when they have industrial power and influence that will enable them to se- cure higher wages, shorter hours and better working conditions.” Mr. Gompers said that because women have been denied the right to political influence, the struggle of women wage-earners for industrial betterment and industrial freedom has been made harder than that of men. “Industrial freedom will be achieved,” he added, “when wage- earning women hold in their own hands the right and the power to participate in determining the candi- tions under which they shall work and the wages they will receive. They can delegate this power and respon- sibility to no outside authority if they wish industrial freedom. Pro- tection and regulation may offer im- mediate relief—but they are not free- dom.” More Than 900,000 Enrolled. Although the entry of the United States into the war compelled the woman sucrage workers of New York state to abandon elaborate campaign planc induce the men voters to adopt the proposed constitutional equal suffrage amendment at the elec- tions in November next, more than 900,000 women over 21 years of age it Wwas anounced today by Mrs. Norman De R. Whitehouse, chairman of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party, which is in conference here. “This is a larger enrolled member- ship than either the republican or democratic parties of New York state can boast,” she said, addressing the conference. As high as 95 per cent. of the women reached by campaigners in; every part of the state want to vote, Mrs. Whitehouse declared, declaring this was an indication “of recent gen- eral change in public sentiment.” This change of sentiment, the chair- man asserted, ‘“has been greatly ac- celerated during the current year by the recognition of the war services of women in the allied countries, and by the granting of women suffrage in Russia and Canada and by the steps Great Britain has taken to enfranchise British women.” Mrs. Whitehouse, telling how the war had interfered with the cam- paign plans, declared that “we have put government work first and suf- frage work second.” She alluded to what women accomplished during the early days of the war on behalf of the state military census, home defense, the Red Cross, canning, food conserva- tion and the Liberty Loan—Ilabors which made necessary the abandon- ment of a voters’ canvass, street meet- ings, reotor tours, parades and page- ants, aifd raising of money, through- out the state. Must Be a Campaign. Because of all this war work, which continues, many persons have thought the suffragists should not make a cam- paign, Mrs. Whitehouse said, adding: “They do not realize that once the legislature decrees that a question is to be voted upon, it becomes the prop- erty of the voters and must be decided upon by them; that there is no con- stitutional means of postponing or abandoning such a decisian.” Mrs. Whitehouse believed the suffra- gists enter on their state campaign with unprecedented support. ‘*“Every political party has endorsed the prin- ciple of suffrage,” she said. ‘“The re- publican and democratic parties have declared for it by way of state action. ‘We count on the support of the Feder- ation of Labor and an the support of the Granges. Many church confer- ences, each representing numerous al- lied churches, have endorsed suffrage. The president, the governor, 48 mayors of the state out of 57, ‘and four-fifths of the editors of the state, pporters of aur campaign. The nan concluded: “We have a wonderful and unpre- cedented opportunity to win the most difficult and most decisive suffrage victory ever planned. To take advan- tage of that opportunity will mean courage on our part, courage for each woman to do the work not only of to- day, but the work abandoned so um- willingly for our country’s need. It means having strength to sacrifice all ather work to this supreme effort. It means having the intelligence and the firmness to show to others the {im- portance now of putting aur own coun- try abreast with those European coun- tries which have already outstripped us in attaining a fuller democracy. “That is the situatien. We, the officers, have faced it and Jjudged it. ‘We believe that the women of New York state want to vote enough 1f but for their country's sake to make the necessary sacrifices to end now the long strugele for woman suffrage and | we gladlv and confidently predict a Iglonuue victory on November 6th.” tles where there are high schools and to the principals of all high schools in the state. The letter follows: “Dear Sir:— ° “In order to reach its maximum of food production and conservation Connecticut must take advantage of every opportunity to give instruction along agricultural and home eco- nomics lines. An opportunity to in- troduce such training in high schools of the state where it did not exist be- fore has preseted itself in the form of the Smith-Hughes Bill, passed by Congress last year. (Public Document No. 95, 63rd@ Congress). This bill provides a certain sum of money pro- portionate to the rural population of each state for the teaching of agricul- ture. “The report of the Committee on Food Supply and Conservation, Con- necticut State Council of Defense, to the Council gives the following details of the provisions of the Smith-Hughes Bill: “‘Section 2 of the Federal Act pro- vides for the supervision g¢f agricul- ture instruction and for the pavment of teachers of agriculture in high schools. $10,000 is available for Co necticut from the Federal Act for the | two years ending September 30, 1919. l The State will duplicate this amount. The total amount available therefore, is $20,000 for the two years. It |is assumed that two-thirds of the salary of an :nstructor might be paid from the Federal and State fcnds. The lo- cal community to pay the balance of the salary of the instructor and to provide for labratory equipment. The fund therefore is sufficient to establish an agricultural department in possi- bly eight or ten high schools in the State. “‘“The legislature, in accepting the provisions of the Federal Act, desig- nated the State Board of Education as the State Board to co-operate with the Federal Board of Vocational Ed- ucation in the administration of this act. It 1g provided further, however, that the State Board of Educaton shall designate the Connecticut Agri- cultural college as the institution to supervise the instruction in agricul- ture, as provided for in Section 2 of the Federal Act. “‘Section 4 of the Federal Act pro- vides for the preparation of teachers of agricultural subjects and for the teachers of heme economic subjects. $6,000 is available from the Federal grant under this section for the two year period ending September 30, 1919. The state must duplicate this amount. The total amount available therefore under Section 4, is $12.000 for the two vears. Section 3 of the act provides for the supervision of instruction and the payment of sal- aries of teachers of trade, home econ- | state supervisor omics and industrial subjects. $23,- 500 is available from the Federal Act for the two years ending September 30, 1919. “The part to be borne by the lo- cal school boards in support of this work is thus explained in the afore- said report: “*“The local community shall fur- nish recitation and laboratory room and a minimum equipment of books and apparatus as required by the of secondary . school agriculture. *“‘The local community shall pro- vide for the teaching of all non-voca- tional branches required of students in the vocational courses. “ “The teacher of vocational agri- culture shall be hired for not less than eleven months of the.year, those months to include the season of plant growth. He shall have had technical training, practical experience, and pedagogic experience or training such as shall meet the approval of the state supervisor of secondary - school agriculture. «phere shall be enrolled in the department of vocational agriculture not less than fifteen students. **Of his school hours every student. shall give not less than ten per week for four years to vocational agricul- ture. “‘If, at the end of the year, the course of study, procedure, and stan- dards shall have met the approval of the state supervisor of secondary school agrigulture and the national board of vocational education, the high school shall. be reimbursed to the extent of two-thirds of the sal- ary of the teacher of agriculture, up to $1,000. “The Connecticut State Council of Defense, believing that advantage should be taken of this opportunity at once under the exceptional war conditions, sends out this circular urging agricultural courses in the Connecticut Secondary schools. Know- ledge of agriculture has assumed enorormous importance since agricul - tural efficlency is necessary in ordgi to win this war. If you have no such course in your high school curricu- lum, you are urged to file an applica- tion for your pro rata allowance under the Smith-Hughes bill with the State Board of Education. “Confident of your co-operation at this crisis in the affairs of the world, we are, “Very truly yours, “GEO. B. CHANDLER, “Chairman.” GOOD NEWS FOR OCULISTS. Women Are Going to Wear Half Por- tion Stockings. Chicago, Aug. 29.—The horrors of war were brought home to the women of America yesterday when it was announced at the Fashion Art League that Milady may.freeze her knees this winter, i. e., that half portion stock- ings are to be the vogue. The supply of silk is going to be conserved, it was said, by inducing women to wear semi-hosiery. Dic- tators of fashion weren’t quite sure why they should conserve silk, since the government is advocating its use to replace wool. It was suggested, however, that maybe the little silk- worms—being Chinese and now our allies—would thus be afforded a half day off. , Mme. Margaret, Chilcago designer, explaining this Innovation. ee for yourself,” she sald, anad tried to lead & reporter to a group of models. But he fled. Previously he had been told that ladies’ b. v. d.'s will be minus lace and ribbong this season. Mme. Allie Bailey said they'd be just as attrac- tive because they would be made of bright, changeable colors. Reverting to the forthcoming half hosiery style, its popularity can be traced back to the tour of the Ca- nadian Kilties through American cities. w | early in September. TRAIN SERVICE FOR FAIRS TG BE CUT Nothing Can Interfere With Move- ment of Troops to Camp New York, Aug. 29.—The New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad company has announced to the man- agements of county and state fairs to | be held tember that extra service ustally pro- | vided for thes sible this in New Engind during Sep- evets may not be pos- vear. This action is neces- itated by the fact that th railroa in order to co-operate with the Gov- ernment give preference over all other traffic to the movements of troops to the training camps. ! The contemplated troop movements throughout New England commence Some of the dates have been acfinitely sct, but others have not. Changes are necessitated from time to time snd the railroads ; must be prepared to meet these | changes. Trcop movements must be made promptly, the cquipment must be ready on time, and after one move- ment is completed the equipment must be kept mobilized for immediate use. As in all other parts of the United tates, there are a great many state and county fairs throughout New Eng- | 1and during the fall. This vear, among others will be the Connecticut Fair at Charter Oak Park, Hartford; the Washington County Fair at Kingsten, Rhode Island; the Great Barrington Fair in the Berkshires, the Danbury Fair and the Brockton Fair. During the continuance of these fairs there is always an extraordinary amount of traffic requiring an unusual amount .of equipment. The chances are the troop movements will occur in some ases on dates conflicting with the | fairs, and in that case the New Haven will be unable to supply the extra ser- vice to the public desiring to attend these fairs. It may even be necessary to curtail regular passenger service during the troop movements. While ' the company knows the dates of the fairs, it is and will remain uncertain concerning the dates of the troop movements until officially notified by the Government. It is therefore im- | possible to advise the managements | of the fairs whether the company will be able to supply the usual equipment or not. | In this connection, Fairfax Harrison, Chairman of the Railroads’ War Board at Washington, has issued the following: “To the pres)dents of the New Ha- ven railroad, the Maine Central Rail- road, the Boston & Maine Rallroad, the Central Vermorit Railway, the Central New England Railway, the Bangor & Aroostook Rallroad and the vice presidents of the Boston & Al- bany Railroad and the Rutland Rail- road: ‘“Your attention is called to our let- ter of May 28th on the subject of dis- couraging large gatherings of people requiring special passenger transpor- tation durin the war. “The season of State and other agri- cultural fairs is approaching and we call your attention to the fact that they come at a time when the rail- roads will certainly be called upon by the government for a maximum of passenger service. It will therefors, probably be physically impossible to supply the coaches and special train service for the State fairs this year in Warning The makers of genuine Aspirin caution you to see that every package and every tablet of Aspirin bears Your Guzrzntee of Pu. ““The Bayer Oross— TABLETS in pocket boxes of 12 Bottles of 24 and 100 CAPSULES in sealed packages of 12 and 24 The trade-mark “Aspirin’ (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.) is a guarantee that the mon: icacidester of salicylicacid in these tablets and capsules is of the reliable Bayer manufacture. AUNT DELIA’S BREAD is pure, wholesome and full of nour ment and it’s made right here in New Britain. sells it. Our Saturday Bakmg FRESH FRUIT PIES, Crisp, Juicy and delicious ........ APPLE, PEACH and HUCKLEBERRY KUCHEN .,..... .eod_x _l c CHOCOLATE MARSHMALLOW ROLLS «... .each Also Coffee Cakes, Bath Buns, Fruit Buns, Boston Brawn and Baked Beans, High Grade Pound Cakes, Fruit Cake, O% fornia Raisin Bread, and many other good and wholes baked goods. 3 | Hoffmann’s Bake 62 WestMain St. TWO STORES--95 Arch St Your Leonar and Herrmann Co. “THE HOUSE THAT SATISFIES” JUST RECEIVED NEW LINE OF CRETONNE BAGS IN THE NEWEST EFFECTS Made of the daintiest patterned cretonne in a wide range ot n designs with hoop or strap handles. They're priced within everyone's means, $1.98 each. If you're knitting and haven't a bag, see these at once as you can buy them cheaper than you can make them. NOW IN STOCK Sizes 4, 4%, 5, 6 Two Stores ranging from - 50c 29c pait iy 165 Main Street, New Britain 227 Main Stree! Mvddlm(vwn bring this situation to the attenu the railroads serving State Fal; your territory and propose to that they put the authorities o State Fairs on notice that the speclal passenger train . service not be available this yea ‘the way they have teen supplied in the past. In fact, in places there may be difficulty in maintaining at the time regular service on account of the extraordinary call by the government for passenger equipment. “We suggest, therefore, that you Buy Now and Save Money On a Hudson Super-Six Over 50 makes have already advanced in price. Hudsons, Nearly every make of car, except the Hudson, has lately price. Cars that sold at $1400 now cost about as much as a Super-Six. Since Janua ers of automobiles have announced price increases amounti to $700 The necessity of buying materials on today’s market has forced these increases. Steel costs five times as it did at the beginning of the war. Cotton, rubber—all items that enter into the manufacture of bile—now cost more than ever be- fore. Hudsons will cost more when the present stock of materi too, must cost more. last.year at lower prices is exhausted. There is no way of avoiding it. The price advantage that other cars once held no longer-exists. increased in $1200 and Hudson has been the most wanted car, regardless of price. It will be more popular than ever now that cheaper car have advanced in price. ry, 51 mak- ng to $100 We know the number of cars from present material supplies that we are. to get. At the rate of present sales present prices can not be continued long. Some models will be advanced in price within one month. as much Now is the time to get a Hudson Super-Six. Have its use the re- mainder of the summer and throughout the fall. Save the money that delay will necessitate your pay- ing for a Hudson. an automo- als, bought WILLIAMS AUTO CO. SHOWROOM 1 AND 3 MAIN STREET 287 ELM STREE