New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 31, 1917, Page 6

HOSPITALS PA PART OF WAR : ge of Damaged Instruments - Goes Merrily On pondence of the Asso. Press.) ['Mna British lines in France, st 15.—1n war the auestion of @6 of material is second only to [fot men. Armaments become 1y unserviceable through old hd casualties, the big gun most l. For gun casualties a regular m of hospitals exists. first aid station is in the bat- ftbell. where, much as a medical ly keeps a supply of medicine ndages, trained artificer keeps ply of tools and spare parts. He deal with any trifling accident :«ny occur, or replace any small ‘that may be broken. The mod- ‘un or howitzer is a complicated “of mechanism, requiring con- lled attention if the best re- are to be obtained. This atten- he artificer supplies. 1d the gun develop a com- % rond the powers of his tools &u, or should an unlucky splin- tshell wound it in some vulner- its removal to the hospital necessary. Gun_ hospitals ops, wonderfully organ- deal with the work that falls #r Jot, and staffed by skilled men § ordnance corps. These work- fare graded according to mobil- B4 are all capable of more or , mpdd transfer from one point to #r. They are styled light, M, or heavy, according to their .0of movement and their capac- dealing with work requiring jor heavy tdol. || Mobile Workshops. i “light, ordnance mobile work- ¥ to give it its full title, 1s self- Ined upon two or three motor 3 ingeniously -arranged. ‘The ’ oL the lorries carries light lathes machines, driven by eleo- ransmission from the engine of utomobile, light being furnisifed the same source. The trucks Bke ordinary closed motor cars | travelling, but on duty the sides 3 vans drop down to form plat- j'around the machizery, and pteriors are- transformed - into g hives of activity. The ca- r is limited to the work that can sndled on the comparatively fools,that they carry. s nexl stage is “Medium Mobile op.” This is no longer self- led on motor trucks, ready to up‘and be off at a moment. It )8 machinery that must be un- f 4 and installed in some conveni- jhed. The whole is transported jofor trucks, but the work is not 3 'In in the trucks. There is a t oil engine and dynamo, to be ‘down to a hastily constructed {ation. There are lathes, milling ines, every sort of machine tool fs to be found jn a general en- ring shop. The whole concern res about two days to set up and n running order. Nearly every- except certain intricate repairs, e performed here,-and it is rare- acessary for a wounded gun to sed any further. For “Mortally Wounded.” t, for the accommodation of real- 4 cases, there are a few ‘‘Heavy le Workshops,” where anything is susceptible of repair may be with. These are equipped not with heavier machinery than the um Workshops, but with elabor- additional machinery for special » In addition to the big ma- 3 shop, there pattern-making s, wheeler’s shops, a foundry, air jressors, and every sort of device apply the needs of an army that 's with highly scientific weapons. ‘whole outfit is constructed so that ay be taken down and packed * trucks drawn by great tractor es. 1e whole system is a miracle of nization for a war which, al- gh at present mainly one of posi- may at any moment develop into lof movement. Everything, work- £s included, must be ready to fol- ip an advance. Provision of ma- shops at fixed points might [it the conditions of trench war- I but they would become useless s line of battle left them behind. jun hospitals, like the Field Am- nees and Casualty Clearing Sta- , are fashioned upon a plan that s of ready movement. here remains the case of the gun I¥ through long and honorable ser- € 18 worn out. It is removed from Ybattery, to be replaced by one of mber that lie in readiness at one %he gun parks behind the line, and 1ken back to an arsenal to be re- t. The inner tube, whose rifling ome cases is worn nearly smooth, emoved and another inserted in itead, after which the gun is ready ake its place once more in the em- ements of an active hattery. OWNSHIP CHANGES HANDS. Incoln, N. H., Aug. 31.—Almost iwhole of this ‘township in - the "hills of the Francaia range of the te Mountains changed ownership | ferday. Thirty years ago Lincoln | a forest wilderness. jary, known as thé New Hampshire iber king, developed it into a imship with great lumber, wood g)‘, sulphite fibre and paper mills | after his death it passed into the “trol ot his sons who organized the Henry & Sons Co. Theé com- Hly has now sold its ownings to [® Parker & Young Mfg. Co. of Pbon. It is understood that the é ideration was in excess of $3,000,- | Besides the mills, dwelling, a el and theater, the property in- fies a lumber railroad. NEW RRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1917. EAT SHARK AND REDUCE COST OF LIVING, SAYS COLES ) { James E. Russell J. Coles of Danville, Va., hunter, of big game fish and com- panion of Theodore Roosevelt, is urg- ing the American public to consider the use of sharks and similar fishes for food, leather, oil and fertilizer. At a’conference at the American museum of Natural History, in New York, Célonel Roosevelt in introduc- ing Mr. Coles referred to interesting fact that if the American people ate some of the sharks, rays and other predatory fish, which constantly con- sume our so called food fishes, we would have a much larger supply of these conventional food fishes. If, on the other hand, the sharks and other sea creatures should becomé so popu- lar that their prices would be enhanced the great increase of the cod, the mackerel and other fishes would coun- terbalance this-effect. Mr. Coles pre- dicts that within three months, with- out fear and without prejudige, we shall be eating shark meat both on the Atlantic and on the Pacific coasts., POLISH COUNCIL WAS FORCED TO DISBAND Darcd to Present Ultimatum to Ger- many—Teutons Losing Friend- ship of Poland’s People. Copenhagen, Aug. 31.—A new ver- sion of the reason for the retirement of the Polish council of state is'given by the Taegliche Rundsruchau, which says that instead of resigning it was dissolved because it ventured to pre- sent an ultimatum to the German gav- ernment on military questions. The council’s retirement has brought out the fact that at the confidential gession of the Reichstag main commit- tee Monday the majority parties de- manded the establishment of a really representative assembly and a re- sponsible ministry in Poland—a step which the Rundschau declares would lead to an immediate demand for the withdrawal of Germans fram Poland. The pan-German newspapers have begun a campaign for abandonment of the idea of a Polish kingdom. News- papers of all shades of opinion agree that there is little friendship for Ger- many among the polish population. Poles, who at the time the kingdom was proclaimed were ready to cast their lot actively on the side of the Central Powers, and who ever consti- tute@ more than a minority, are said to be steadily losing influence and prestige. The pan-German organs now de- clared that the bulk of the population is so avowedly anti-German that some solution other than the creation of a semi-independent kingdom must be sought. A certain section of the Poles again is advocating a kingdom in close association or union with the Haps- burg monarchy. A NICE TURBAN FOR PATRIOTIC GIRL MARTIAL STYLES. Spanish coque feather, jauntily set | on a modified tricorn of black velvet M.rapped, with gold military braid, | gives this ultra turban for fall, SWAGGER TOGS FOR THE HIKERS TAILORED TRIUMPHS. Worn with a tan colored skirt is this darling coat of tan.and brown striped jersey, which relies upon cut and a few pearl buttons for its smart- ness. The muffler is of the same fab- ric as the skirt. OPEN SEASON ON BIRDS ALONG SHORE Government Clears Up Confusio : on State Laws ‘Washington, D. C., Aug. 31.—Re- ports and inquiries received by the United States Department of Agricul- ture indicate that sportsmen of cer- tain states are somewhat confused in regard to the time when bird season opens under the migra- tory-bird regulations. The Department has announced that it is unlawful to hunt at ahy time any shore birds except the black- breasted and golden plover, the greater and lesser yellowlegs, Wilson snipe, and woodcock, the open sea- sons for which are as follows: Blackbreasted and golden Dplover, greater and lesser yellowlegs: in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachu- setts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Deleware, Mary- land, and Virginia the open season is from August 16 to November 30, inclusive; in Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyo- ming, Montana and Idaho the open season is from September 7 to De- cember 20, inclusive; in Oregon and Washington the open sedason is from October 1 to December 15, inclusive; in South Carolina, Geotgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas tho open season is from No- vember 1 to January 31, inclusive; in California and Utah there is no open season; and in the remainder of the states the open season is from Sep- tember 1 to December 15, inclusive. The open seasons for shooting Wil- son snipe or Jacksnipe are the same as the open seasons for shooting waterfowl under the regulations. The open season on woodcock in Zone No. 1 is from October 1 to No- vember 30, inclusive, except in Tili- nois, Kentucky, and Missouri, where the season is closed until October 1, 1918; in Zone No. 2 the open season on woodcock is from November 1 to December 31, inclusive. Persons desiring further informa- tion in regard .to the open seasons may communicate with the Bureau of Biological Survey, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. In this connection the department has announced that the migratory- bird regulations are not to be con- strued to authorize the hunting or killing of migratory birds at a time when it is unlawful to kill them under’ state laws. the shore- WITNESSES GUESTS FOR WINTER Murder Trial at Alaska on Expensive Proposition. Seward, Alaska, Aug. 31.—Efforts were heing made today to bring an | end by Monday the trial begun here vesterday of A. R. McLean, a govern- ment teacher at Nushakgak, Bristol Bay, charged with the Murder, Jan- uary 2, 1916, of his native wife. The government desires to avold the ex- pense of maintaining witnesses - hero through the winter| Some of the witnesses brought fron Bristol Bay will be compelled to re main this winter if the trial is not ended by Monday when a steamer leaves here on the last trip -of = the season to that district. The. trial promises to be the most expensive in | the history of the territory. Wit- nesses first were taken nearly 2,000 miles last fall to testify before the grand jury at Valdez and brought almost as far to testify here. \GIRLS STOLEN FOR |} HAREMS IN EAST | Bulgars Blamed lor Raid on Womanhood of Serbia London, August 20— (Correspond- ence of the Associated Press)—Ten | thousand Serblan girls from ten . to fourteen vears old have been kid- napped and deported from Serbia to ! the harems of Constantinople, to Bul- | garia and Asia Minor, say advices received by M. Pasitch, the Serblan remier, Who is now in London. “These deportations,” said M. Pa- sitch, “have been going on since February, 1916, but the number was very limited until a few weeks ago. ; Now 1t has beéen systematized under Bulgarian controllers, and it is im- possible to predict how far it will go. “Eight thousand girls have been sent to Constantinople and two thousand more to Bulgaria and Asia Minor. Prisoners.whom we have taken on the Saloniki front tell us that the traffic in our girlhood has grown to be a byword in Bulgaria and -Turkey. “The girls are kidnapped and taken away secretly, particularly from the smaller villages, until at present doz- ens of small towns have been quite denuded of the young female popu- lation. “I do not think that the Turksare the actual instigators of this gross violation of the rules of civilized warfare. All .our information in cates that the Bulgarans are the prime movers and the Turks only in- cidental beneficiaries of the traffic. “The girls are too young to be of any use for laboring purposes, be- sides, neither Turkey nor Bulgaria is seriously handicapped for labor, and in Turkey the use of young wo- men for outdoor work is practically unknown. “It is very difficult for us to do anything to help these unfortunate victims. Our affairs ih Constantin- ople and Sofia are now in the hands of the Dutch government, and We have made the most earnest possi- ble protests through that govern- ment. But you know how difficult lit/is to get any action from Turkey. We have suggested, for instance, that some scheme of repatriation be put into effect immediately, that the girls should be sent back to some place beyond the war zone. But I fear it is too late to save them, and that we can only wait in patience until peace comes."” To Save French Art Treasures. Paris, August 19.—Senator Guil- laume Chastenet has introduced a bill into the Senate which, if it be- comes law, will have a certain inter- est for American art collectors. The object of the bill is to Drotect France's historic and artistic treas- ures,” which the Senator thinks will be in. greater danger than ever af- ter the war. An article in the bill proposes a progressive export tax on all works of art leaving the country. The senator suggests a 10 per cent. tax on the first $1,000, 15 per cent. on the second, and 20 per cent. on the third. The value of the work of art is to be established by a declaration of the exporter, as checked by the exportation bureaus, a committee of experts to decide when there is a disagreement. The other provisions of the bill are drawn up on the lines of Italian legislation for the preservation of artistic treasures and aimed at pre- venting exportation. Summer Visitors Asked to- Deave | Stockholm, July 31.—The spectacle, probably unique, of a popular and much frequented summer resort and bathing town inviting its summer guests to leave and not return has just been presented by Sodertalje. The city authorities took action af- ter a meeting at which the scarcity of food was discussed, which, in their opinion, made it undesirable that inroads should be made by summer visitors on the stocks avail- able. Some 3,000 visitors are af- fected by the invitation to leave. Italy Lowers Height Standard. Rome, August 17.—The decree which goes into effect this month, lowering the military height fromi 5 feet 2 inches to 4 feet 6 inches, in- cludes all the men born between 1876 and 1888 who had been ex- cused from duty previously because of their short stature. A Prayer We Can All Pray. / (Waterbury Democrat) High up in the hill country of Italy, where the foothills slope into the mountains, is a lonely wayside shrine in which in a frame painted flowers is the Ttalian inscription: “Pray, oh ye faithful—For the sons of Italy, who are watching and fighting for our land; for the welfare of our king who shaves their glo for constancy in our resolve; and solace for the moth- ers and the wives of our country.” This pyaver is as beautiful as it is simple hnd heartfelt. With the prop- er adaptations, it might well be prayed in this country. We are sending our boys to the front in France in ever- increasing numbers. In the trenches over there they will be watching and fighting for our land just as truly as if they were in trenches on American soil. They are going to fight to pre- serve our liberty and our independ- ence. Every victory they win is a vic- tory won for the American flag and the American cause. Every time they defeat the gray legions of the kaiser, they help to drive another nail into the coffin of tyranny and militarism and autocracy. And while we are praying for their success, we may well also pray that we here at home shall be constant in our resolve to support those at the front with money, with food, Wwith ammunition—and, above all, with the cheering news that their mothers, sweethearts and wives are being well cared for. BESSE-LELAND'S THE LIVESTORE ' BARGAIN - WEEK SALE Ends Saturday,” September 1st, at 10 P. M. A COMPLETE CLEAN-UP OF ALL SUMMER GOODS REAL GENUINE BARGAINS FINAL CLEAN-UP Men’s Suits 9.75 arid $1 4.75 BESSE-LELAND CO. 38 Stores 38 Cities