New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 2, 1917, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 11017, SHING COMPANY. ' HERALD 4 i oprietors. | Yasued dafly (Rgnday excopted) at 4:15 p. m., “at Herald Building, 67 Church St. Hutered at t} S as Secon Malil Matter. [ Deliverea by altfler to any part of the city _ for 15 cents a week, 65 cents a month. " Bubscriptions for paper to be sent by mall, 60 cents a month, 1 payable In_advance, $7.00" & year. Circulution books the city. o advertisers. room always open The Herald will be found or sale at Hota- 42nd St. and Bro;d- % ling's News Stanc 4 way, New York CI G lantic City, and H Board Walk, ford Depot. o TELEPHONL CALLS. Miness Office .. Witorial Rooms . i Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively “entitled to the use for republication of all mews credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local ey Hieve the free spirit of mankind &t len Throws its last fetters off; .and’ ‘who shall place _ A Bmit to the giant’s unchained strensth, ©r curb his swiftness in the forward race? CULLEN BRYANT. BOYS OF NINETEEN YEARS. Fermer President Taft has given [ ,upqualified ecndorsement to the d mmehdment to-the Selective law which would include boys the ages of ninetéen and one years. “The average male } mineteen years of age,” says Mr. '*4s quite mature enough to make useful soldier and should not be: exempt from military service.” is much truth in this remark. ‘who have watched the remark- @erman army know that it was PRilded tipont such - &, -foundation,— o, Yooy Lold Our' best men In the va+ious colleges e land are around this age. In Civil wat our boys fought at the ; Post Office at New Britain The only profitable advertising medium in d press to talk the situatjon over, and to get information which these men. were forced to show, whether they would or not, the local committee then asked the citizens, the purchasers o(nd consumers of coal, to appear before it in public hearing. That too was the proper thing to do. The public has a few serious complaints, and the best place to air these charges is be- fore the tribunal erected .for that purpose. There has been enough of street corner oratory over the price of coal. There have been altogether too many store-room conferences that end in naught. Good can be brought about by a proper appeal to the desig- nated authorities. The New Britain coal committee, unlike its affliated ‘| committee in Hartford, has been open and ready for business. When all the various angles of the coal/ situation. have bssg gone over in public hearings and private con- fereilcoe. when the true aspect of things has been sized up, when the freight rates and the cost of coal at the mine, and charges for cartage from freight yard to bins an¥ the haulage cost from bins to cellars have been considersd, then shall this local committee recommend action. It will ‘put before thé state fuel admin- jstrator the facts in the case. Without fear or prejudice it should open the books and lay‘on the table just what is going on and where an improve- ment, if any, can be made. After that the state fuel administrator will go to the final arbiter, the Federal administrator, and then shall New Britain know just what to- expect. That the price of .coal must be fixed by official action is-gvidenced by the action of the Government in making its coal contracts for the various pub- lc buildings, such as post offices, throughout the land. After the regu- lar bids were given out, the Govern- mient advised the meén who are to pass upon the orders to defer pay- ments until the price of coal has been fixed by the Federal Fuel Adminis- trator. . The millenium, of course, has not come. It is a long way off. Yét we hold hopes that the local coal com- mittee will have a hand in remedying the coal situation in this ciMy. With- out being unjust to the coal dealers, and renl;:ing what they must go through 'tp secure. coal, it ogn be stated without fear of contradiction age. West Pointers reach’ the | that coal is higher. in New Britain tht of their student days at this There are many reasons why fie _boys of nineteen years should gufii(mod soldiers. 2 . OUR COAL COMMITTEE b 3 [ Hartford tHe" capital of the state, ] P not without troubles.of its own it the coal situation; yet the price T, coal is comparatively cheaper In fartford than in'New Britain. Mempbers of the Hartford Coal °dm1' ittee appointed by State, Fuel Adi ffninistrator Russéll have, according to ir esteemed contemporary, The Post, ken '‘/a. view of thelr duties radically ifferent from the general assumption to the naturq of their work.” In i word, they have not held a me:t- B%. #pd are not likely to do so, until, m mermber of the committee puts % “there is something for it to . do." Hvidently s the same member . in an“intérview printed in the blic press'said that the Commis- on would be unable to do anything @ complaint has been made to By one or more citizens. He was Ind enough, however, to suggest that .any Hartford citizen is dissatisfied fith the price of coal he might take ps to raise such a complaint. Tt is to the credit of the mem- rs of New Britain's oal committee t they have not misunderstood "t duties as outlined first by the | Pederal Fuel Administrator, Dr. Gar- field, and later handed down by Mr. Russell. The whole plan is simple . enough. It is instituted for the prime _ purpose of adjusting the price of coal | and preventing profiteers from wax- Ing fat at the expense of a public Blready overburdened with taxes and tarifts. Our coal committee started to work 28 soon as it was possible to do so. he members took the first logical fop when they called in the retail flealers and asked to be shown' the ¥ recorgs of sales during the past few _years, From this and other data the pommittee can very readily détermine [ the fairest prices for this commodity. Nor are they forced to take falr | profits out of the hands of dealers, what though the price of coal would automatically drop here were some of the: coal dealers to go out of business. The truth of the matter is, we have 100 many coal dealers for the num- r of consumers. A smaller number £ men handling coal would material- 'dy cut prices. The over-head nses of the small dealers add great- to the price of their wares. Yet, ecause of the various numbers and inds of nadonalities in this commun- it is deemed expedient by some to ive a dealer for each brand ex- lnes. / than' it should be. Just why this is 50, and how the prices can be made tumble, are part of the program ,that !.must be thqoroughly gone over by the ilocal coal committee. It is the su- preme duty of the men on this board te arrive at'a fair estimate, and to place (huse/ngu’r?g in the hands of the proper authorities. ~Affer that they can wash their hands of the whole job, knowing they have done an in- justice to 'n? one. TOO MUCH. RED TAPE. Had this affair ‘8t yesterday, when a dying man was carted all over town in search of medical aid, happened in China tWers might have Been no rou- son for complaint. They are: report- ed’/ to do such things in the Orlent. Yet here in New Britain, a city that professes to he inthp helghyiot civilt- zation, a city that thrives ofi the prog- ress of the twentieth esntury, there is ro room for such neglge’ of the si~k and dving, - e It might well be askéd, What'ia the Charity Board- in existence for? It wag there that the appeal :was first made for succor. No relief could bhe found, no suggestion was given as to how the case might be hand.ed. The man in question was a stranger. Ho had no one to stand sponsor for him. Therefore, he could die on the public streets, if necessary, or in the public vehicle that cafried his body. William Cullen Bryant hhd. it right when he ‘asked the simpie question, “And what if thou withdraw in si- lence from the living, and no friend take noté of thy departurs?’ Yet ift such a case it ‘affords dittle. comfort to. know that “All who breathe will share thy destiny.” ... .. v In emergency cases thére . should be no such red tape a'that displayed by public officials yesterday. Nor was the Charity Department monopo- lizer of the tape. The Health Board' was asked for assistance and gave none. The Police Department was asked for aid and turned a deaf, ear. Happily, the New Britaln General Hospital did not live up to a rule that is supposed to be in force, namely, that of demanding endorse- ment from a doctor before a patlent can be entered. When death comes of ‘/fiin‘nnmty. This despite the fact that trade should not be developed along stealing along in this fashlon, even doctors are sometimes hard to find. In the future it is hoped the red tape will be entirely dispensed with. FACTS AND FANCIEB. A sweet temper will make the loss of sugar a little more tolerable.— Meriden Record. E: Now that the government has seized the German stores in the Unit- ed States what'll it do with all the pretzels ?>—Boston Transcript. ‘Saving called ia the retall dealers One Liberty bond in your pocket 18 worth a halt dozen Amertcan flags in “your toat lapel.—St. Louls Post- Dispatoh. i As we recall the old mottoes this one was the most dis- heartening: “There is no effort without great labor."—Toledo Blade. There are some mighty clever camoufleurs these days, but the Con- necticut gentleman who made and sold wooden nutmegs has not been equaled.—Albany Argus. The constant kicker has no best foot to put forward. He is always trying to ‘“‘get there” with both feet. —Desert News. . Russia needn’t be discouraged, the United States once moved its capital to the back of President Madison’s horse.—Boston Transcript. Hindenburg is receiving new hon- ors from the kalser every day—but as Fitzsimmons - used to say, “Th bigger théy are, the ’arder they fall.' —Cleveland Plain Dealer. A shorter name for the Petrograd council of soldlers’ and workmen's delegates, which declares that the only salvation of the country lies in an early peace, would be the Rus- sian I. W. W.—Hartford Times. “Emp, William,” we quote from the telegraph, ‘‘cherishes a lively de- sire that the vatican’s appeal may meet with success.” To a man who is being kicked in the slats there is no more cheering sight than a friendly bystander.—Capper’'s. Week- Iy. BUGLE OALL. e Bid thy bugles awaken the nations, America fair! There’s no safcty for freemen on earth or at sea or in air Till the wild beast of slaughter is hunted and slain’in his lair. Let this war be the last drop of blood in the cup ere the Savior come down; The last stripe of his scouypge, last nail in his cross, / The last thorn in his crown. the copybook | . 5 ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY BY LIEUT. FITZHUGH GREEN, U. 8. N. Fire and Rescue Picture a quiet hight in the harbor. Moon cuts a yellow gash in the star- fecked sky. Shadowy hulks of ships loom through the darkness, their gaunt basket masts like huge naked skeletons. It is the Battleship Fleet at anchor. Suddenly landwards thers is & flash, a lurid flaine—perhaps a shot followed by a scream of agony. Fire lights the sky. Uncouth agita- Iuon changes the peaceful waterfront to a mob-like uproar and disorder. On each warship of the sleeping column a watch-officer stands anxious, walting, ready. The broken out so unexpectedly may be an explosion, fire, tidal wave, or earthquake. Hue and ory the flickering street lights may be a madman at large, a riot, Or a revo- lution. On a meréhant craft it would mean mutiny. One case I heard of it wag the Mayor's baby with croup. Whatever it be, signals of dis- tress will come. Police and fire com- panies ashore are called. But the Navy, police of the sea, is at just Such times sought for help upon the land. This help is embodied on each warship in a definite organization called the Fire and Rescue Party. A small boat bobs up to the gang- way. ' A man hajlf-dressed and breath- less runs up the ladder. help us,” he gasps, quick—explosion— two blocks afire—jail threatened.” The deck officer turns instantly call- ing back over his shoulder: “Sure, in five minutes—keep your shirt on!" By a crack he sounds the General Alarm whjch clangs through the ship and arouses every man of the thou- sand odd to attention. Fifteen sec- onds later the bugle blares. Bosun's Mates take up the call *Away Fire and Rescuo’ Party.” Forty pickeg men spring to , an- swer. Each hag his specific duties and each his especial equipment, Everything from hand grenades and guns to axes and obstettic tools supplied. takes Junior officer of the watch cpmmand. His duty is to disturbance | through | “Can you! is have the boats alongside, and shove off with all possible speed. Every emergency is foreseen, Fire- men have hoses, spanners, buckets and chemical extinguishers., Carpen- ters come with tools and pulmotors, and prepared for all sorts of quick construction work whether repairing a dam, forcing a wall, or erecting shelters for refugees. Gunner’s Mates supply gun-cotton or dynamite for demolitions. Medical officer and assistants are always necessary. Rescue work s never without- its dead and dying. Single-handed a ship’s surgeon has been known to take the place of a dozen medical men. At the Messina disaster, again in Central American revolutions, through the San Fran- cisco earthquake naval doctors have Proved themselves heroes beyond com- mon comprehension, which cannot measure sleepless days and nights of nerve-racking toil among.the weep- ing, bleeding victims. The sailor himself has proved him- self a ‘'mountain of resource and énergy when such times come. He will fight blindly for the right when odds are terribly against him. He will mine after a volcanic eruption; be a steeple-jack at holocausts; and, when occasion demands, herd, nurse, and guard helpless women and chil- dren with all the tenderness of a priest. He is accustomed to a life full of swift, startling, crashing events. While a Civillan is still dazed by the awful suddenness of a cataclysm the Bluejacket is thoroughly at home in the rumpus, and revels in the ex- citement. Cool, strong, confident he successfully applies his )seamanship and mechanical ability to problems that would tax the brains of the best wreck-eggineer in the country. ¥ Wherever battleships lle, and at- ever the contingency, first call " for help is to the Navy. And it is an- swered with a readiness and zest that cannot but prove what cheap ingur- ! ance the Fleet is after all, even in Bid thy bugles awaken the nations, | check off details of men and geur,;the piping times of peace. . . . ‘whatever the pain! g Partly slave and part free the . round world cannot safely re- main, ! One-man-rule kills. too many; De- mocracy hernceforth must reign. Let this war be the last drop of blood in the cup ere the Savior come down; The last stripe of his scourge, th last nail in his cross, ! Th? last thorn in his crown. Bid thy bugles awaken the nations! ' Thefr. reveille runs: ‘“Help the Commonwealths veto the kings with the thunder of guns. That the world may be safer to leave to our daughters and sons.” B Let this war be-the last drop of blood in the cup ere the Savior come down; The last stripe of his scourge, the last nail in his cross, The last thorn th his crown. Bid thy bugles awaken the nations! be thorough to save! How can man better die than de- fending his home with | hig grave? And the lily of llberty blooms from the blood of the brave. Let this war be the last drop of blood in the cup ere the Savier come down; The last stripe of his scourge, the last nail in his cross, The last thorn in his crown. —LOUIS TUCKER, in the Living Church. Insects Have Calls. (Tid-Bits) Insects, like birds and animals, have their calls. But the sounds they produce include the rubbing together of their limbs gr wing covers and the vibration of thelr wings, so they can- not always be spoken of as voices. Flies and bees undoubtedly mean something when they hum louder and louder. Landoise, the famous naturalist, has calculated that to produce the sound of F by vibrating its wings, they vibrate 3852 times a second, and | the bee to create A vibrates 440 times a second. A tired bee hums on E sharp. This change is, perhaps, in- voluntarily, but undoubtedly at the command of the will, and is similar to the voice! Wheh seeking honey a bee hums to.F sharp. Landoise noticed three different tones emitted by Insects— a“low one during flight, a higher one when the wings are held so that they cannot vibrate, and ‘a highgr one yet when the ‘insect is held so that none of his limbs ean be moved. No. music, is as famillar as . that produced b¥% the locust, grasshopper and crickets, and, althaugh they are not produced by the mouth, they answeér as calls, ahid are undoubtedly a langdage to a oertdin extent;.anc indeed, their calls have been refuced to written music. The music of grass- hoppers is produced in four differ- ent ways, according to Scudder: First, by rubbing the base of one wing upon the other, using for that purpose’ veins running throuygh thc middle portion of the wings; second, by a similar method, by using the veins of the inner part of the wing; third, by rubbing the inner surface of the hind legs against the outer surface of the wing comers; and, fourth, by rubbing together the up- per surface of the front edge of the wings and the under surface of the hind legs. In Retreat. (Buffalo Commercial) This Incident told by the Lamb might have happened in Russia. “Who are our rear guard” asked the commanding general as the retreat was assuming the propertions of a rout. “Those who have the worst horses, sir”’ replied the aid without the slightest hesitation, Love’s Young Dream. (Alice Duer Miller in Century.) And then there was a loud, quick | ring at the bell, and at once he was in the room, breathing rapidly, as it he had run upstairs or even from the corner. She could do nothing but stare at him. She had tried in the the last 10 minutés to remember what y DOING HIS BIT |! he looked like and now. she was' | astonished to find how exactly *he looked as she remembered him. ; To her horror, the change between her late despair and her present joy was S0 extreme that she wanted to cry. The best she knew how to do was to pucker her face into a smile 4and to offer him those chilly finger- tips. He hardly took ‘them, but said, as if announcing a black, but incontro- vertible, fact: “You're not a bit glad to see me.” “Oh yes, I am,"” she returned, with an attempt at an easy soclal manner. “Will you have some tea?” “But why aren’t you glad?"” Miss Severance clasped her hands on the edge of the tea-tray and looked down. She pressed her palms to- gether; she set her “teeth, but the muscles in her throat went on con- tracting; and the heroic struggle was lost. “I thought you weren't coming,” she said, and making no further effort to conceal the fact that her eyes were full of tears, she looked straight up at him. . He sat down beside her on the small, low sofa and put his hand on hers. “But I was perfectly certaln to come,” he sald very gently, ‘‘because, you see, I think I love you.” “Do you think I love you?” asked, seeking information. “I can’t tell,” he answered. “Your being sorry I did not come doesn’t prove anything. We’'ll see. ' You're so wonderfully young, my dear!” “I don’t think 18 is so young. My mother was married before she was 20." she MUSEUM WEEK DRAWING TO CLOSE All Records for Attendance Broken— Other Citles to Follow in Path Made by This City. That the record for attendance for a single week at the popular Museum of Natural Instifute will be broken quring this “Museum Week,” is an .assured fact. Today and tomorrow -ends the first “Museum Week” ever held in the country and will mean a big thing to New Britain. Other museums are to attempt having such an event. Curator E. Burlingham Schurr wha originated the idea has received several requests from cura- tors and heads of other institutions for information on the matter. Yesterday a prominent physician of Westfield, Mass., who is an extensive traveler and well versed in art and science, was an interested caller. He stated that for its size, the Institute ‘Museum was the best attended insti- tution he had ever entered, and that the displays were excellent. The paintings in the Talcott Art Room attracted his particular attention, and he spoke highly of the quality of works displayed. Many other out-of-town visitors have chlled at the museum during the week and all have had words of praise. The afternocn attendance yesterday was 276, and in the evening there JOSEPH M. SMITH. Another of Uncle Sam’s jackies is pictured above. He is Joseph M. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Smith of 107 LaSalle street, this city. Smith enlisted in the navy last February as a second class yeoman. At present he is stationed on one of the battleships in the United States navy and is “somewhere on the At- lantic.”” _— were 202 visitors, a total of 478 for the day. Many prominent citizens were among those present, and they too, expressed delight over the ex- tensiveness of the exhibits and the manner in which the museum has grown, S Tomorrow morning' the museum will be open from 9 until noon, and as usual from 2 to § in the after- .noon and 7 to 9 at night. cn e S FOR SHEEP INDUSTRY. Boston, Nov. 2.—A meeting in the interests of developing the sheep in- dustry in New England was held at the Chamber of Commerce today un- der the auspices of the federal de- partment of agriculture. Repre- sentatives of state boards of agricul- ture were present, as well ag leadin sheep brecders. * —_— In the Course of Time. (Washington Star). England, France, Italy and America are rapidly learning one another’s cus- toms and pastimes. In the course of time, no doubt, there will be a bage- ball biz league including London Paris, Rome and Washington, 3 4 v The McMillan Store, Inc. | “Always Reliable” * INPORTANT SALE OF | ASHIONABLE | NECKWEAR | We have assembled many exceptional values for this sale, chocse from Vestees, Guimpes, Fichus, Flat Collars, Roll Collars, Stocks, Jabots and Collar and Cuff sets of Georgette Crepe, Wash Chiffons, French Organdies, Washable Satins, Bengaline and Pongee Silks, Pique, Corduroy and Broadcloth. ; @ood time now to choose neckwear for Holiday Gifts as well as for'yoyr own use. Plenty of styles to choose from. Priced for this sale 49¢c, 69c and 98¢ each. Values up to $1.5 See Our Window Display of Neckwear. are very Fashionable. % Shown here in the new shapes. Collars, 26c and 50c each. Cuffs, 26c per pair. ; { ‘WHEN IN NEED OF GLOVES. Better values offered here, gloves from the leading manufac- turers for Men, Women and Children. FUR AND MARABO NECK PIECES Priced $3.98 Upward. Women's and - Misses’ Coats ot Velour and Broadclalh the newest models shown here in the wanted shadas. *Priced $24:98 each. Plenty more Smart Coats to choose from. Priced $12.98 to $62.98 each. . WOOL POPLIN AND SERGE SKIRTS, ; Navy and Black, all sizes and lengths. These skirts on sdle - Saturday. Speclal at $5.98 each. Valugjfo. ’ BATH ROBES BOUGHT MONTHS AGO. | Fully 25 per cent less then we could buy them for today. Bath 4 Robes for your own use, for Holiday Gifts, are piled high on our counters. e ; . MEN'S ‘WOMEN'S CHILDREN’S $3.98 to '5.98\.‘ $2.98 to $8.98, $1.49 to $2.98. .. EKNIT GOODS AND SWEATERS. 3 Angora Suits for Children. Consisting of Coat, Leggins, Cap and Mittens in rose, tan, copen. cardinal and grey. S8et complete $5.98 ea. Novelty Knit Scarfs, 98¢ to $1.98 each. ' Scarf and Cap Sets,$1.25 set. Infant Sweaters, $1.69 to $3.98 each. Children’s Sweaters, $1.98 to $5.98 each. ‘Women'’s Sweaters, $2.98 to $14.98 each. Men's Sweaters, $3.98 to $5.98 each. Men'’s KNIT Men’s Men's UNDERWEAR. Bleeveless Slip-Ons, Khaki Wool, $4.98 each. part wool Unipn Suits, $2.75 per suit. Fleeced Ribbed Union Buits, $1.50 per Suit. Men's Wool - process Shirt and Drawers 860 each, value zi.oo, WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S. UNDERWEAR. Vests, MiNs.” NEW LEATHER GOODS. Pants and Union Suits in all weights, styles and qualitjes. iable kinds such as ‘“Carter’s,” “Munsinwaer” and ‘“Winchester Purses and Bags In a largg variety priced 49¢ to $7.98 each. French Ivory—Our Holiday showing is now at its best. Choose now and get just what ‘you want. 'BLANKETS AND COMFORTABLES. Attractively priced. 3rd floor, take elevator. 160,000 Food Grafters. (New York Evening Post) “No tourists wanted” in any one of a half-dozen strange languages, is the unwonted sign now hung out every- where in or around the war zone of Europe. bordering on the Central Powers have made very stringent regulations against people coming in from the “hard-up” regions and “filling up.” If & German goes to Switzerland, Den~ mark, Holland, or Scandinavia and starts eating his way through local table d’hotes, the authorities inter- fere and tell him that he has to bring his lunch along with him if he wants to enjoy the pure air of their neigh- borhood. Even inside the allied cour- tries, the different districts discrimin- ate against each other. Berlin burgh- ers, making excursions into the rural districts, where their marks used to be greeted by the natives with ecstasy, now receive only a cold shoulder, an not of mutton, at that. A Budapest daily has started a crusade against permitting Germans and Austrlans to flood the city and reduce Pesthers to the same level of want as the Teutonic peoples. One hundred and sixty thou- sand food graf.ars arrive in Pesth monthly and the majority do not re- port to the police, but go sncaking clandestinely around to the goulash factories. In short, Mittel-Europa, which was the paradise of tourists wwith money, has now become the most pleakly inhospitable region on earth. All_the neutral countries | Lufbery Day. (Hartford Post) News that Raoul Lufbery, premier of‘all the fiying fighting men of the { Allies is coming to America on a fur- lough, interests the whole country. It interests, Conneocticut particulariy because Lufbery {s a Connectcut boy and probably will spend m»ch of his time visiting his purents in Walling- ford. Lieutenant Lufbegy’s services in the cause for which his country is fighting have ‘been of sufficient im. portance to warrant the State's tak- ing official notice of his arrival here. It would be, by no means inappro- priate to summon the daring aviator to the Capitol, where he might hear from the lips of the Governor of the State a few words in appreciation of his services and where he might, pos- sibly, receive some tangible and suit- able memento. The whole world has been enthused by Lufbery's exploits. The State which claims him should do na less than give officlal recogni- tion. If the intrepid and skilful fiter re- turns to America by all means let us have a Lufbery Day and pay him fitting and deserved honors. A Tip for T. R. (Buffalo Enquirer). . Cutting corn would reduce the Colonel more than any exercise the trainers can give him and would do the country more good.