New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 5, 1917, Page 5

T . NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1917, REAL SHOES FOR YOUNG MEN Made by the James kind that is just as good” New Shade in Brown Calf and Cordovan, A. Bannister Co. Not “the But the Best. The Correct . also in { Black Calf. The price is somewhat higher than two years ago, but our customers can save from One to Two Dollars a pair by purchas- ing at home. More by the Pair, Less by the Year. SECONDLIBERTY LOAN The Savings Bank of New Britain will receive subcriptions for the new 49% TUnited States 10-25 year Bonds upon any of the following plans,—viz: Payment in full at time of subscription. Payment which are 2% at time of subscription, in intallments as provided for by the government, 18% November 15th, 40% December 14th, and 40% January 15, 1918. And our own plan,—viz: A deposit of 10% of subscription at the time of making sub- scription, and a deposit of 10% of the subscription on the first of each month thereafter to and including July 1, 1918, when a.bond (or bonds) for the amount subscribed will be delivered to the sub- scriber. posited will be paid. Interest at the rate of 4% per annum upon the amounts de- Accrued interest upon the bonds will be adjusted at the time of delivery. . Subscriptions will be received from October 1st to October 27th, inclusive. SUBSCRIBE FOR A BOND SOLDIERS OF THE RAINBOW '+ DIVISION ARE GIVEN BIBLES ' The spiritual as well as the physi- cal welfare of the mén of the famous “Rainbow” division of Guardsmen, training for service in Europe at Camp Mills, Mineola, L. I, is being looked after. The New York Bible JESDA)- ‘ \l\°I" D4y Used every weekday-Brings rest on Sunday 1l-Around Cleane society recently distributed a great number of service Bibles to the men of the division. The picture shows men of the One Hundred and Seven- teenth regiment receiving their I Biblea. oul @E&"L .‘<\'\“RSD>4P L DANGEROUS TRAVEL * BECAUSE OF NETS {Put Ont to Catch Submarines and | Great Caution Is Needed (Correspondence of the Asso. Press) Corfu, Sept. 24.—Travel in the east- | ern Mediterranean during these war days is no easy matter, for the usual routes of travel are now barred by | | i [ | | long lines of steel nets, set to catch | | submarines but at the same time es- tablishing a vast labyrinth of danger and obstruction for any sort of travel. The nets stretch clear across the main i channels, from island to island, and from the short islands to the mainland | sometimes ten and fifteen miles away. i Through these nets the privileged steamer—for all the regular lines are abandoned—must pick its way, dur- interval that an opening of the steamer, these torpedo ne The visible part above water | consists of steel cylinders, about 121 | feet long and three fect in diameter, i i log. These are about 30 feet apart, als of every 300 feet a nchored buoy holds the chain in mbroken straight line. hain runs for miles—cylinders and buoys—with the meshes of the stecl the | are small | 1aunches, | two of t or ry mile or two a re at either s friendly ships. It is their business to raise the ret at stated intervals, and to look over the papers of the ships that pas: s we moved e net 3 drawn un on the station ship. Tt 100 to be about 12 to 18 feet across. Th strands of steel wire were very hez —about .. one-eighth - inch—and mesh rather open, as a sub: r' such large game that a fin needed to take it. It wa through the was| the own armor of steel nets. Long iron rods extended from the upper decks, | from which hung the s, maki A { curtain of steel enti ; circling d in charge of ire gun mounted fore over to the mainland of Albania. were lost in the distance. Another g around the harbor of Cor- 1lied warships are ffag | bia is lo was driver 1 a-third li: these ne d the frown- ed on the It seemed ands o teel wire uch fortr and mon- it indicated to what an extent wi entanglement-—on land water——has take its place for the first time in this war. &XIURDg, cUNDA stretch away for | Thus the | | that each of the station ships had its | t from attack | the .| ARMY COMMANDER e of these nets stretched from | npver end of the island of Corfu | It | | scemed cndless and its further reach- ! RAILROADS MOVE §ARMY OF 720,000 Meet Test of War Conditions When Suddenly Called On Washington, Oct. = 5.—Coincident with the start of the third division of the new National Army for the training camps today, the Railroads’ | War Board issued the statement in connection with the part which the railroads have played in handling the biggest troop movement ever attempted in this country: Including the National Guard, the Regular Army and the new Natlonal | § Army, the railroads to date - have moved approximately 720,000 soldiers from their homes to training cans; or ebarkation points. The great bulk of this army—all of it, in fact, except the 32,649 men in. | cluded in the first 5 per cent. of the National Army that moved by regu- {lar train on September 5th—has re- | quired special train service, involving the use of 13,600 passenger cars, in- cluding 1,600 Pullman and Tourist | sleepers, 2,000 baggage cars and 4,- 500 freight cars. The troop movement problem has been most difficult to handle, as it | comprises not only the movement of to the National Army cantonments, but the movement of hundreds of Guard and the regular army as well either to training camps or embarka- tion points. Some slight conception of what this problem means may be deduced from the fact that in the National Army movement alone the railroads have had to prepare special schedules cov- ering the 4,531 towns and cities desig- nated by the provost marshal general as the points of local conventration from which the recruits to the new National Army proceed to their can- { tonments. In addition, the special train move- { ments have had to be so directed as { to prevent interruption to the regular passenger service. Longest Haul. The longest haul made in the new National Army movement to date was that of the special train which moved the citizen soldiers from Yuma, Ari- zona, to Fort Riley, Kansas, a dis tance of 1,514 miles. This trip occu- pied forty-eight hours. The shortest distance traveled by any unit of the new National Army | was that of the District of Columbia { unit to Camp Meade in Maryland, a ] trip of less than twenty-five milos. Practically all of the National ! Guard movements to date have been | of great length. The longest one was | that made by a battalion of San Fran- | cisco engineers from San Francisco, ifornia, to a point on the Atlantic st. This battalion included 506 | men and 18 officers. They occupied ! ard sleeper, nine tourist sleepcrs, one baggage car, two kitchen cars and [(hree box T Their train left San Twenty-tive per cent of the men in the new National Army or approxi- | mately 172,000, are included in the di- | vision that will he entrained for the { cantonments from now until October 7th. | 1t is expected that the balace of the | citizen soldiers will be entrained be- ginning October 17th. The railroads have taken cvery step possible to safeguard the lives that e | the Government has entrusted to them ! and to complete the troop movement without delay and also without inter- v | fering with the abnormal amount of | | commercial traffic that the war has is | produced. For obvious reasons it would not he ! wise to divulge in detail the plan which have been followed in movin the men ‘to the various cantonments and mebarkation points; sufficient to © movement is p i d to the complete he Government AT PETERSBURG Maj. Gen. Adelbert Cronkhite, com- ' mander of Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va. ¢ =neral Cronkhite has been serving in‘ j tue Panama Canal zone. following ; men selected for the National Army |. thousands of troops in the National | /¥ special train comprising one stand- | [THE MAKING GOOD OF] A GREAT IDEA Reflected in the Completion of E BIG STORE 380-382-384-386' MAIN STREET = - | HE above announcement is the expression of the realization of what I aspired to when opening a small ladies’ ready-to-wear store in this city, seven years ago. HEN as now my greatest endeavors went towards studying the needs of New Britain’s shoppers and those endeavors were limited only by my small capital. HE public’s appreciation brought me success and the fruits of that were immediately spent in making my store larger, so that more shopping good could be accomplished. FOUR times have I enlarged my store and at each enlarge- ment the need for a real Big City Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear Store in this city became more apparent. 'I‘ HOUSANDS of New Britain’s shoppers felt that their needs in outer apparel could not be satisfied at home—and justly so—for up to the present no complete Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear Store existed in New Britain. , MY steady interest in the needs of the shopping public (es- pecially the women shoppers) helped me see that need —and in this enlargement that want is realized. THE new store is the largest store of its kind in this state, having 17,000 square feet of selling space, 375 feet deep on one floor—with the added convenience of it being a daylight store, | not one electric light being necessary until long aftcv sunset. T HE appointments are of the best, time and money were not | considered while arranging for the new fixtures. That alone means all your imagination can picture, in lavishness and at- tractiveness. HE show-windows are to be the most artistic in the state, | 30 ft. deep, finished in bronze and circassian—a work that represents an expeaditure of $10,000.00. ND a word ahout the merchandise. While my store was al-- ways considered the best stocked store in town, I have vastly improved the stock, both in quality and quantity, so that shop- ping at home will be a pleasure. have -arranged a selling system that will allow the public the best of merchandise at a positive saving of between 25 per cent. and 35 per cent. at all times, prices that will be below our. competiters’ in and out of this city. ‘ HE interest in the nmeed of the shepping public does not end with me. Every one of my sales-force has emulated my en- deavers in that direction, thus making my salespeople ideally trained in courtesy, attention and all other characteristics that go to make the women at ease when shopping. lf‘@ conclusion 1 ask the shopping public of New Britain, to help me in this new venture so that my efforts will continue to- wards the shopping welfare of this -ity. LOUIS R. RAPHAEL. Interior of Store All Complete STORE NOW OPEN FOR INSPECTION