New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 27, 1917, Page 3

Boston ston Store New Cretonnes for Knitting Bags Some very rich designs and colorings arrived this week, 36 inch goods from 35c¢ to 60c. A grand selection of House Dresses and Bungalow Aprons. Outing Flannel Night Gowns for Women and Chil- dren. Pajamas for Men and Boys. A complete Assortment of Doctor Denton’s Sleeping Garments for Children. Special Values in Outing Flannels, white and colors. At 15¢ a yard. McCALL PATTERNS 10c, 15c¢, 20c. - PULLAR & NIVEN AUTO LIVERY HORACE I HART Reliable and Reasonablz Service TEL. 1930 7-pass. Packard Limousine Rates $2, $2.30 and $3 per hour Trips Arranged 596 ARCH STRPET GARAGE $1.09 a week for a $50 BOND $2.00 a week for a 100 BOND FRONT T0 FRONT WENT THE GERMANS First on Eastern, then Western, and Back Again French Front, September 24, (Cor- respondence)—A clear idea of the ebb and flow of the tides of German forces on the eastern and western fronts during the various phases of the war { from the opening of hostilities in 1914, light medium and dark effects, | till the beginning of September, 1917, is obtained from carefully compiled in- | formation which the correspondent of The Assoclated Press is enabled to transmit. From this it is gathered that when the Germans started the war by in- vading Belgium they launched 1190 battalions of infantry formed into 96 1-2 divisions of four regiments each on to the Franco-Belgian front, while on the Russlan front they employed only 322 battallons formed into 2634 divisions of four regiments each. On September 1 this year they had in the Franco-Belglan-British front, 1,369 battalions formed into 147 divisions, - Baby Eight Months Old Had Itching Rash Since Birth onHis Face,Neck and Back. Two Cakes Cuticura Soap and One Box Qintment Healed Above are extracts from a signed statement receatly re- ceived from Mrs. George ‘Woodbury, 4 French Street, Lynn, Mass. Cuticura Soap, to cleanse; purify and beautify, Cuticura Ointment to soften, soothe and heal, have been most successful in the severest forms of skin and scalp troubles, but greater still is what they have done in preserving clear skins, clean scalps and good hair as well as in preventing little skin troubles becoming great ones. Cheap soaps, harsh soaps, coarse, strongly medicated soaps are re- sponsible for half the skin troubles in the world. Stop the use of all doubtful soaps. Use Cuticura for all toilet purposes. For Trial Free by Return Mail ad- dress post-card: ‘‘Cuticura, Dept. R, ** "Sold throughout the world. some of which were of three and oth- ers of four regiments each, while on the Russo-Rumanian front 965 bat- talions formed into 92 divisions were in line. It will thus be seen that the German armies on the fighting fronts have been increased in the three years of war from 1512 battalions to 2,334 battalions. A review of the different periods of the war will show how these troops have been employed at various times, according to whether the principal ef- fort of the Germans has been directed toward the western or the eastern front. In August 1914 the attention of the German high command was absorbed by the attack on Belgium and France, while the Russian front was regard- ed as a secondary occupation. At that time the infantry effectives on the western front numbered 1,190 battal- fons in 96 1-2 divisions, each division consisting of four regiments. On the eastern front, the Germans then had 322 battalions comprising 26 1-2 di- visions. When the battle of the Yser was fought in November, 1914, the Ger- mans intensified their effort in the west and brought up their effectives to a higher figure and at the ‘same time increased the number of battal- jons on their eastern front so that they then had 1293 batalions on the western front and 399 on the eastern front. Then came the Russian offensive in Galicia and to check the Russian ad- vance toward the German frontier, Germany was compelled to throw more troops on her eastern front, increasing the number of battalions there in September, 1915, to 780. To do this it was necessary to reduce the number of German battalions on the western front from 1293 to 1120. Many divisions were transferred from the eastern to the western front when the Germans gathered their forces for the beginning of the great battle of Verdun with the result that in June, 1916, there were 1376 Ger- man baualmns on the western front and those on the eastern front were reduced from 780 to 574. The German drive again Rumania ! was made possible by adding more than 300 battalions to their eastern battle line, bringing the total on the! eastern front to 899. This was done wihout reducing the number of bat- talions on the western front below 1,300. o When the French and British began their great offensive operations in July 1917, the Germans pelled to bring fresh forces to the western front, increasing their bat- talions there to 1456 but reducing the number on their eastern front only to 860. Subsequently the German battalions along the Russian battleline were in- creased by the addition of more than 100 battalions, bringing the total there to 965 on September 1 of this year. These were divided inte 92 divisions of three regiments each. During this movement the battalions on the west- ern front were reducd to 1369, divided into 147 divisions and that is believed were com- { “The War and Prayer” What Place Has Prayer in War? --= Sunday Morning Sermon --- at The Methodist Church l"ol.owmv the President's Request for a Day of Prayer to have been the number on the Ger- ' man western front on September 1. These figures do not include any Ger- man troops on garrison duty in the; interfor of the country nor those | maintaining lines of ctnmm\mk:tluon&l DEED RECOGNIZED BY HERO FUND (Continued from First Page) gar Bend, Ala., September 2, 1916. Medal and award to widow. Medal for Mellen’s Family. Charles A.' Mellen, deceased, 655 Curtis street, New Britain, Conn., died attempting to save Giles R. and Short Beach, Conn., Medal and award daughter. Leo A. Griffin, deceased, 67 West Hall street, Battle Creek, Mich., died | attempting to save Alma Finney, from { drowning at Battle Creek, Mich., July 23, 1916. Medal and award to widow and children. Ralph O. English, st Jefferson street, Macomb, Ill., August 13, 1916. to widow and deceased, 802 W 112, Lois M. Eldredge, from drowning at |July 1, 1 widow. street, Watertown, N. Y. to save Fred R. Crome, ing at Long Beach, 1912. Eunice A. Dickey, Clarkelen, Wyo., saved Charles Banister from suffoca- tion in a well at Gillette, Wyo., July 1916. Benjamin E. Arnold, deceased, Brainerd, Minn.,, died attempting to save Hulda Jrueger from drowning at Hubert, Minn,, July 5, 1916. Medal to mother. John C. Zuflucht, deceased, 4535 Forest avenue, South Norwood, O died attempting to save Susanna A. Miller, from being killed by a train at Elizabeth, N. J., June 12, Medal and award to widow. Walter R. Jenson, deceased, 615 tacine avenue, Kenosha, Wis., died attempting to save Mary Bowmar from. drowning at Kenosha, Wis., 1917. Medal and award to attempted from drown- Cal, June 23, Ezra (. Lawrence, deceased, En- field, N. H., died attempting to save Joseph F. Harding from being killed i by a train at Enfield, N. H., April 21, 11917. Medal and award to widow. William L. Sterling, deceased, 46 White street, Fast Boston, Mass., dled i attempting to save Edward J. Hughes, or one or more of three other per- {sons from suffocation in the hold of attempting to save Dora M. Mosher, aged four from drowning at Macomb, Ill, April 3, 1917. Medal and award to widow and children. William A. Johnson, deceased, 3744 Hickory avenue, Baltimore, Md., died \ttempting to save Thomas Duvall from drowning at Baltimore, Md., ¥ebruary 14, 1917, to widow. died Silver Medals. Frederick J. 528 Mundy the steamship Devonian at Boston, | Mass., November 2, 1916. Medal and laward to widow. " Jonn J. Selby, Tuebrook, Liverpool, | England, helped to save Charles J. i Coleman, from suffocation in the De- vonian’s hold at Boston; Mass, No- | vember 2, 1916. Medal and award | Story of Mellen’s Heroism. Charles Mellen sacrificed his life in Long Is and Sound, about a mfle and AN OR CHIL CAN BUY A TY UNDER THE FOLLOWING EASY TERMS 1916.! ma&&m HARTFORD Millinery Markdew Special Offerings For Monday 15 VELOUR HATS, in purple, navy, chartreuse, white and mulberry. Extra Smart Hats formerly $25.00 and $32.50, for this sale reduced to $10.50 each. 50 VELOUR HATS,. in black and all the popu- lar colors for this sale reduced to $5.75 each. 50 SCOTCH MIST HATS which are the most popular sport hat of the season. reduced to $4.95 each. Formerly $7.50, 200 VELOUR HATS in black and the fashion- able colors big value at $5.00, for this sale reduced to $3.75 each. BANDED SAILOR HATS, Made of hatters’ plush. Very smart and popular. Formerly $16.50, reduced for this sale to $10.50 each. BANDED SAILOR HATS in black only. For- merly $7.50 to $10.50, reducéd for this sale to $5.50 each. @ f Millinery Parlor, second-Hoor. ¢ a half off Short Beach, when he made a heroic but vain attempt to save from drowning the four-month-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick R. ¥ldredge of 56 Grove Hill. Neither the bodies of Mellen or the child have been recovered. The accident occurred shortly after Mellen, Mr. and Mrs. Eldredge and thelr child, Mrs. Fannie Remington, Hldredge's aunt, and Fdward Sharp of Maple Hill left Indian Neck in Eldredge’s motor boat. Caught in a heavy sea the motor boat labored in the waves, the lurching of the craft throwing Mrs. Bldredge and her child into the water. Instantly Mellen dove in after them but was evidently seized with a cramp as he did not appear above the surface again. Eldredge followed him over the gunwale and succeeded in seizing his wife and keeping her above water until Sharp maneuvered the boat to their rescue. The child sank almot as soon as he struck the water and although search was made the bodies were not re- covered. o $10.00 2 week for a $500 BOND $20.00 a week for a $1,000 BOND Mellen was survived by his who before her marriage was Leah Cohen, daughter of the Nicholas Cohen, and a daughter. ~ was a toolmaker, employed by Pratt & Whitney Co. at Hartford. ternally he was affiliated with the cal lodge of Odd Fellows and Wi ‘Worcester lodge, B. P. O. E. Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cy by local applications, as they cannot the diseased portion of the ear. is only one way to cure catarrhal deaf and that is by a constitutional rem Catarrhal Deafness is caused by flamed conaition of me mucous Illllll When this tubs closed, Deafness inflammation can Yestored o 1te normal gondition, stroyed forever. Many cases, re caused by oatarrh, which condition of the mucous s Catarrh Cure acts thru mucous surfaces of the tem. ’ ‘We will give One Hundred Dollars any case of Osf Deafness that cann ‘atarrh Cure. Cireu ggiats, T5c. EBENEY & CO.. Toledo, O, PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT OF SUBSCRIPTIONS UNDER THIS PLAN WILL BEAR INTEREST AT 1% New Britain National Bank Savings Bank of New Britain The Commercial Trust Co. ALL BANKS ARE OPEN TONIGHT UNTlL 9P. M New Britain Trust Co. Burritt Savings Bank People’s Savings Bank (Open venings)